Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7ffb257425a7aac4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

43.1 KB
MD5: 806f71038549891838caa7aba417aebc SHA-1: 64fbc99cbd2874a7de4705ce534b9db4990b82ca SHA-256: 7ffb257425a7aac479edb63204783cb573a4199d2c3f17388bec90af5bf2a09a
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious File T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains embedded XFA forms with risky executable scripts, as indicated by multiple high and critical heuristic firings. ClamAV detection confirms this as a known exploit, specifically 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36830'. The embedded scripts are likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, although the exact script content is not fully detailed in the provided evidence. The presence of embedded files further supports the payload delivery mechanism.

Heuristics 7

  • XFA form contains risky executable script high CVE related PDF_XFA_SCRIPT
    PDF embeds an XFA form whose script block contains exploit, submission/launch, or shell-execution primitives. Ordinary LiveCycle print/update scripts are left as generic XFA/JS signals unless stronger behavior is present.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36830 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36830
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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/xci/1.0/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.5/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-data/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xfdf/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-form/2.8/

Extracted artifacts 7

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0008.bin
0a2224c4023b216235b61c3fc4dd17bbfac1ab23a545687f51b97604cf654712		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 8 at offset 0xD7 46 bytes
embedded_file_obj0009.bin
afebf1b32cc8bfd5c4b005bfb05be6d1fea2a52a9def899d22b45bb424710028		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 9 at offset 0x14D 685 bytes
embedded_file_obj0010.bin
97314d9231379623057a8a77eeb79f9354bacffa50753a0f63b9e87e8d67dbf2		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 10 at offset 0x445 186 bytes
embedded_file_obj0011.bin
ae0e9903b416a61198a07c640b7b89fac50118f51252ae7bf684629fad5ea7b8		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 11 at offset 0x54A 382 bytes
embedded_file_obj0012.bin
d2f06f3fc6900856fe613a64a561919c8454dcbe0fdf238fb8b43e07016955ea		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 12 at offset 0x713 190 bytes
embedded_file_obj0014.bin
6f9a72bd991f841bf5ad552384d4cdad6a04e23a03020603c5858a1f29de61f5		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 14 at offset 0x81E 41271 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36830
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely
embedded_file_obj0015.bin
78b09463af5cd373870eae2e3e83de87b7f6b659e0d0117ab4c09d90ebb2ad95		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 15 at offset 0xA99F 68 bytes

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