Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 524ce94218598bf1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

18.2 KB
MD5: fa6b37cc1c32fd76c8e3f5488ac33f4b SHA-1: 4cbe5ee6a268fba11fe1282d2680b03cb812511f SHA-256: 524ce94218598bf1f7c685ae36a7cf9f38f34858fa10c92f8b15a246fa796d74
178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by multiple high-confidence heuristics, including ML classification and ClamAV detections indicating it is a known exploit dropper. The presence of an embedded script payload further supports its malicious nature. The embedded URL is likely part of the exploit chain or a lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

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
41a0a87d9041c2765ffd040f5f4090111d536a1466ec2225a05f63648947036d
pdf-embedded-script PDF raw stream script payload at offset 0x329 17925 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36809
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely