Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 508258d5758b1513…

MALICIOUS

PDF

42.4 KB
MD5: 0eb98696d67910a4db1d9c3474f75036 SHA-1: c41810ffc9872e7feeb9fc2f383a83986c5a05e7 SHA-256: 508258d5758b15134ffe1f67dadbe9456acd6a0cd03cac509b8a6cf5790a6381
186 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by multiple high-severity heuristics, including ML classification and ClamAV detection, indicating it contains a malicious exploit. An embedded file artifact was also extracted, suggesting the PDF is a dropper for further malicious content. The specific exploit and payload are not detailed in the provided evidence, but the presence of an embedded file points to a delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36830 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36830
  • 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.
  • Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED
    PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
  • 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_file_obj0008.bin
658d083fe324c884d5f359f360a2ddd3a399083217b548edd6ce666d8168c40e
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 8 at offset 0xC6 42687 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36830
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely