Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4149e711c0eea245…

MALICIOUS

PDF

18.3 KB
MD5: 91d892115b34bdcab3619365f51848f7 SHA-1: 5745b4d7775d7b7bdbe2f7e2db3b8a8f3e61b990 SHA-256: 4149e711c0eea245d40599c5492427f0df3b305372b94294b08a5e19adb4b9b7
148 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution: Malicious File T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains an embedded script payload within an XFA form, which is a known technique for delivering malware. ClamAV detections indicate it is a malicious PDF exploit. The embedded script is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, though its exact functionality is not detailed in the provided evidence.

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-78 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-78
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
  • 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://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.5/

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_pdf_script_00000329.bin
794425fb22f36f21f3cd8c1da2e5dc7bc249758795b38fecca7a605633a932f8
pdf-embedded-script PDF raw stream script payload at offset 0x329 18002 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36809
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely