MALICIOUS
118
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment
T1059.001 PowerShell
The file is a PDF identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains an embedded script payload, a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities or delivering further malware. The presence of XFA form elements and an embedded script suggests an attack vector aimed at exploiting PDF reader vulnerabilities. The embedded script is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000
Heuristics 4
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ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-6136306-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTIONClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-6136306-0
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Embedded script payload in PDF stream medium PDF_EMBEDDED_SCRIPT_PAYLOADPDF 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.
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XFA form low PDF_XFAPDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
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Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URLOne 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-template/2.5/
Extracted artifacts 1
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
embedded_pdf_script_00000359.bin75a31bfef42d55a0a665ad303989b9cda66a921791033386941f3204ce3cc53a |
pdf-embedded-script | PDF raw stream script payload at offset 0x359 | 12386 bytes |
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