Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 535def98be55840b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.5 KB
MD5: 974379de132df940e0e125e933841530 SHA-1: 67c1ea87853d15da156c89120ceb3f9fc2b94eb5 SHA-256: 535def98be55840b02e05f2c243f4442c952ac3d767bc8d84077f0689d4fc495
178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious File T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious PDF

The PDF was flagged by multiple high-confidence heuristics, including ML classification and ClamAV detection, indicating it is a malicious PDF. The presence of an XFA form and an embedded script payload suggests the file is designed to exploit vulnerabilities or execute malicious code upon opening. The embedded script is likely responsible for delivering the secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-6136306-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-6136306-0
  • 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://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_00000246.bin
e79727f2e078bdc14a91d3ae2cd15be52153ec3496d58aefe315da5c569befa5
pdf-embedded-script PDF raw stream script payload at offset 0x246 94994 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36769
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely