Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4ff430060955e0e3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.7 KB
MD5: 5bc8bbc235a1c53fbba53a3d99b69e36 SHA-1: b88170d3c1d6f12f89c42fea684839bc23cd5857 SHA-256: 4ff430060955e0e3b02131b5f5f687a7488ce091aa4907edb20d5d2ba78132e1
148 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains an embedded script payload and triggered critical heuristics for PDF exploits and dropped artifacts. ClamAV detections indicate it's a known exploit targeting PDF vulnerabilities. The embedded script is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, although its exact function is not fully detailed in the provided evidence. The presence of an XFA form is also noted.

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
e17d620d1bf6a53ae267e6311c8bb7d21494dc707d3e52362e91bea561579d98
pdf-embedded-script PDF raw stream script payload at offset 0x329 14293 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36809
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely