Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7f9dce77de8efc82…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.5 KB
MD5: 5c4f5352ab233f995ff3b80a5860319e SHA-1: 8666e03f14db126050b3afd38692a169f846855d SHA-256: 7f9dce77de8efc82eb76f542917f4a2136678bf59633eff8928e0ef9938d129c
148 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file utilizes XFA forms, a known vector for exploitation. A critical heuristic indicates an embedded script payload within a PDF stream, and ClamAV detections confirm its malicious nature, specifically identifying it as Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-78 and Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36809. The embedded URL is likely part of the exploit chain or a command and control beacon.

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-78 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-78
  • 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://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.5/

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_pdf_script_00000329.bin
fe1171e25029251ce53b469b4b483c0b0d1d88a4169c3abd232eac4064324fdf
pdf-embedded-script PDF raw stream script payload at offset 0x329 14165 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36809
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely