Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4218773e9c1aaefb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.0 KB
MD5: 287d0f5608b1d08ff735f283a10c271e SHA-1: 7f639c84d6d8259a481692d850fc22fe1ea1d9cb SHA-256: 4218773e9c1aaefb145396682d80848edcd1a1ab8525eace17508c1b8754b554
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains an embedded script payload, as indicated by the PDF_EMBEDDED_SCRIPT_PAYLOAD heuristic and the presence of an embedded PDF script artifact. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely involving exploit execution. The XFA form detected also points to a complex PDF structure often used for exploits. The embedded script is the primary mechanism for delivering the malicious payload.

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
dacabf686d4bf2d58b39b86d8ce35c2d63ad8f6bd40eaceefff6e8989c399517
pdf-embedded-script PDF raw stream script payload at offset 0x26C 98657 bytes