PDF malware analysis — malicious · 29c0826a5aafe8d2

MALICIOUS

PDF

104.8 KB

MD5: 11bcb3467cbbd19d0902713e4d53f1b3 SHA-1: bec726b03dc0251d2647421cfdcff63a167c2c36 SHA-256: 29c0826a5aafe8d271aed17ddee4e3fee86f7d1c17434ce8f7e217efeb1f1b41

228 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information T1140 Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV (Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-78) and an ML classifier. Heuristics indicate the presence of unescaped content, ASCIIHexDecode filters, and embedded script payloads, suggesting an exploit attempt. An embedded file artifact was also extracted, likely containing the secondary payload.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 8

XFA form contains risky executable script high CVE related PDF_XFA_SCRIPT

PDF embeds an XFA form whose script block contains exploit, submission/launch, or shell-execution primitives. Ordinary LiveCycle print/update scripts are left as generic XFA/JS signals unless stronger behavior is present.
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-78 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-78
unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE

unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
Embedded script payload in PDF stream medium PDF_EMBEDDED_SCRIPT_PAYLOAD

PDF stream bytes contain an HTML/XFA <script> tag without accompanying Windows shell-execution primitives — common in accessible XFA forms but worth surfacing for analyst review.
ASCIIHexDecode filter (with exploit indicators) medium PDF_FILTER_HEX

Hex-encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — often used to hide payload or shellcode bytes
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
Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE

One or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0008.bin` `f45e035b7b8654f1c011f3510accae8b3933596caf1ce60df3e051d2ecf76502`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 8 at offset 0xE2	15227 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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