Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3a75f8443e016caa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.5 KB
MD5: 8adcb9608d543470c68eb59811c72240 SHA-1: 325d7346e901e7e1cd30a4bad57a4b2b3b389585 SHA-256: 3a75f8443e016caac49d354e6d390425927f61f258f581f806deba480a663def
88 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains an embedded script payload and utilizes XFA forms, which are known vectors for exploitation. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-6136306-0' strongly indicates malicious intent. The embedded script is likely responsible for executing the exploit, leading to the download or execution of a secondary payload. The presence of XFA suggests an attempt to leverage vulnerabilities within Adobe's XML Forms Architecture.

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_00000246.bin
41541c01b91f095f0d998b725e209eb0199e3ef3d800a151d1ec1087aa477b40
pdf-embedded-script PDF raw stream script payload at offset 0x246 102152 bytes