Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 53daba4f0ff8864c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.2 KB
MD5: c3cb27c00533470c26bf88551e67298f SHA-1: 5b802c094c92489bd12a8644a4b9f925f166f833 SHA-256: 53daba4f0ff8864c7a09a40aab525bcc855f85cd87efd496bd8d5116c87470fa
114 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV with the signature Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36962, and a machine learning classifier also flagged it with high confidence. The presence of embedded files and an XFA form suggests an attempt to exploit PDF vulnerabilities. The embedded URL, while seemingly benign, is associated with the document's structure and may be part of the exploit chain.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36962 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36962
  • 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
  • AcroForm button with action trigger low PDF_ACROFORM_BUTTON
    PDF contains a /Btn form field together with a SubmitForm/URI/Launch/JS trigger — this is the building block of fake 'Download' or 'Open' button overlays used in PDF phishing lures
  • 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-locale-set/2.1/

Extracted artifacts 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0041.bin
c06dcd026a7ea0536b63e07ce688691b585339a3ab7ff59065e546b56308c7bb
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 41 at offset 0x2ADD 85 bytes
embedded_file_obj0042.bin
dda0835df994b8be920f715db36452f6cee7bb42bbc9c897f878a7b298ba8e91
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 42 at offset 0x2B8F 1029 bytes
embedded_file_obj0043.bin
d7b1078c871b5402d0a1bed7271ae0b15e8240f45cfc731f390a1abe670415be
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 43 at offset 0x2DA8 1950 bytes
embedded_file_obj0044.bin
3dd68f00f4fcb366a2a3a17c65cb2626eeddf5ea5713302d374310561d810169
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 44 at offset 0x323E 144 bytes
embedded_file_obj0045.bin
10c03f88a5f0a0833dc5b2c8ac295b3a3c6f65e23889eb8cc1dc6fe29bf7f275
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 45 at offset 0x32EA 77 bytes