PDF malware analysis — malicious · 3dc85215a98e7950

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.4 KB

MD5: e460a71cb68ef73573daf6a6eaca56af SHA-1: a9a2e756c05f128012af41f33c5e43c779fc106b SHA-256: 3dc85215a98e7950ba4d5327954dfdafaf83705f6dfc14b2f6ec8e6b267ba0bb

116 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious Link: Malicious File T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter T1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

The critical ClamAV detection and ML classifier firing strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of embedded files and an embedded URL suggests the PDF is designed to deliver a secondary exploit or payload. The embedded URL, while seemingly benign, is likely part of the exploit chain. The PDF structure with XFA forms and AcroForm buttons further supports the exploitation of PDF viewer vulnerabilities.

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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0041.bin` `c06dcd026a7ea0536b63e07ce688691b585339a3ab7ff59065e546b56308c7bb`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 41 at offset 0x2C16	85 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0042.bin` `dda0835df994b8be920f715db36452f6cee7bb42bbc9c897f878a7b298ba8e91`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 42 at offset 0x2CC8	1029 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0043.bin` `6f03c72de447e14766f0014f62267fed96f7ac22c54c485ead75824526a05793`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 43 at offset 0x2EE1	1837 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0044.bin` `3dd68f00f4fcb366a2a3a17c65cb2626eeddf5ea5713302d374310561d810169`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 44 at offset 0x3335	144 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0045.bin` `10c03f88a5f0a0833dc5b2c8ac295b3a3c6f65e23889eb8cc1dc6fe29bf7f275`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 45 at offset 0x33E1	77 bytes

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