Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 41ca1c893146a983…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.4 KB
MD5: 06ce3ae8b8b974a9685b8f0d7d8d0e0c SHA-1: 212ba262582a8b2a257a436548a076199a215757 SHA-256: 41ca1c893146a9830297cfe63959f496654b2d3e917b73c48a48932f33d68e34
118 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 and triggers heuristics related to XFA forms and malicious PDF exploits. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded script is likely responsible for delivering the exploit, although its specific actions are not detailed in the provided evidence.

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_0000023c.bin
0593eac3d7c02e3efce87781a265d1a5c2b2f3088b2b5105dd73a3f8694efe05
pdf-embedded-script PDF raw stream script payload at offset 0x23C 80622 bytes