Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 27eadf9945d58265…

MALICIOUS

PDF

13.4 KB
MD5: 9abe6b89d17d51dad6f1d0300c139027 SHA-1: 28e94cc88a1a37067804a77e674c375b49c0e8e6 SHA-256: 27eadf9945d58265b600c5f37ed4a4ff06e259c6e706015fd3963777b2e03281
114 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.001 PowerShell

The critical ClamAV detection and high ML classifier score strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of embedded files and an XFA form suggests the PDF is designed to exploit vulnerabilities. The embedded URL, while seemingly benign, could be a lure or part of a multi-stage attack. The ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS heuristic further supports the classification as a malicious PDF exploit.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36962 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36962
  • Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED
    PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • AcroForm button with action trigger low PDF_ACROFORM_BUTTON
    PDF contains a /Btn form field together with a SubmitForm/URI/Launch/JS trigger — this is the building block of fake 'Download' or 'Open' button overlays used in PDF phishing lures
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-locale-set/2.1/

Extracted artifacts 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0041.bin
c06dcd026a7ea0536b63e07ce688691b585339a3ab7ff59065e546b56308c7bb
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 41 at offset 0x2ADD 85 bytes
embedded_file_obj0042.bin
dda0835df994b8be920f715db36452f6cee7bb42bbc9c897f878a7b298ba8e91
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 42 at offset 0x2B8F 1029 bytes
embedded_file_obj0043.bin
e4357621b8ed8bbfa5f444ed3283aa0fc49504d729f067aebca709347820f72e
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 43 at offset 0x2DA8 2028 bytes
embedded_file_obj0044.bin
3dd68f00f4fcb366a2a3a17c65cb2626eeddf5ea5713302d374310561d810169
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 44 at offset 0x3248 144 bytes
embedded_file_obj0045.bin
10c03f88a5f0a0833dc5b2c8ac295b3a3c6f65e23889eb8cc1dc6fe29bf7f275
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 45 at offset 0x32F4 77 bytes