MALICIOUS
98
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment
T1059.001 PowerShell
The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV with the signature Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-156969-1, indicating it exploits a known PDF vulnerability. The PDF contains an embedded script payload, which is a common technique for delivering secondary malware. The document body contains text that appears to be unrelated to the malicious functionality, suggesting it might be a lure or filler content.
Heuristics 5
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ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-156969-1 critical CLAMAV_DETECTIONClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-156969-1
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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
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Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGEOne or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.
Extracted artifacts 1
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
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embedded_file_obj0010.bin8ecca8ddcb565823eb3741b1d971f84525606283572e658fcae4e363cb939086 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 10 at offset 0xC8A | 6998 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 4 long base64-like blob(s).
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