Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3fafb1d7fd1c3afe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.1 KB
MD5: e7c15b682f2a343facc6ddaf28f1628e SHA-1: f6abef1800ccf372441a4fed1d36949f82c729d0 SHA-256: 3fafb1d7fd1c3afefb6f724e16d9d6382dbc1e422028367ab5695a7d85b80677
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection and a high ML classifier score. The presence of an XFA form and an embedded script payload indicates an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities or execute malicious code. The embedded script is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, though its exact functionality is obscured by the PDF structure. The embedded URLs are not directly indicative of malicious activity but are present within the document.

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
792f165c0b32e6a2ef3e1d3c10091d2415dd46ade0377a6add2ff42813e6ce91
pdf-embedded-script PDF raw stream script payload at offset 0x26C 98659 bytes