Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5a3a7735efcf0d00…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.6 KB
MD5: 818c06b8659a2a83d82b427a0dd3c730 SHA-1: 69a5de208f92d926f0a5ecdef1bb6b8f337f8a30 SHA-256: 5a3a7735efcf0d006617b71a387aebf9a63082df31ca67a7d09b6c4300c50fb4
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains an XFA form with embedded JavaScript, as indicated by the PDF_XFA and PDF_EMBEDDED_SCRIPT_PAYLOAD heuristics. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded script, though obfuscated, appears to be designed to download and execute a secondary payload, a common technique for initial compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-6136306-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-6136306-0
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • Embedded script payload in PDF stream low 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.
  • 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_0000026c.bin
a3c8267c468118a76ddab1f1c2460b48995f824f22e881a88859be99edb7fe26
pdf-embedded-script PDF raw stream script payload at offset 0x26C 99195 bytes