Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2ff2580fd8ed2dc7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.3 KB
MD5: cc97f643f0fc0ea19af88b690741e018 SHA-1: cd00a968f973a727b18a3f20774bbb9619466580 SHA-256: 2ff2580fd8ed2dc7c7991aeebe531f0149d4e6651aed199140f07659bf4643a7
118 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution: Malicious PDF T1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

The PDF contains an embedded script payload and triggers XFA form heuristics, indicating it's designed to exploit vulnerabilities. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature. The embedded script is likely responsible for delivering the exploit, though its specific actions are not detailed in the provided evidence.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-6136306-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-6136306-0
  • 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.
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • 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://ns.adobe.com/xdp/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.5/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-data/1.0/

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_pdf_script_0000026c.bin
5598c6d503c52f8c1c00d4e6a9abe6a3ea84cc8b4ed3acc49c3c09872e67730f
pdf-embedded-script PDF raw stream script payload at offset 0x26C 98873 bytes