MALICIOUS
66
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment
The ML classifier strongly indicates this PDF is malicious. Heuristics confirm the presence of an embedded script payload and an embedded file, suggesting it's a dropper. The embedded file 'embedded_file_obj0008.bin' is likely the next stage of the attack.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000
Heuristics 3
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Embedded script payload in PDF stream medium PDF_EMBEDDED_SCRIPT_PAYLOADPDF 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.
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Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDEDPDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
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XFA form low PDF_XFAPDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
Extracted artifacts 1
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
embedded_file_obj0008.binb55771c17eeca728e38853bff4d99d9ab40f6cb34ed73dd254e439a234808bb5 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 8 at offset 0xEA | 12834 bytes |
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