Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 826e8ce407ba656d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

104.8 KB
MD5: 7664b516b81f4f2ac8a3ac62a68f024f SHA-1: 2ebdfe248ac47079cd4b88b8ab5dc51b49922ac2 SHA-256: 826e8ce407ba656d6383a21e83e76258b0c7a1c8d3dfdddad90d264efd19a53f
248 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains XFA form elements with embedded JavaScript, triggering a heap spray exploit. This exploit is designed to execute arbitrary code, likely to download and run a second-stage payload. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-6136306-0' further confirms the malicious nature of the file.

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.
  • XFA JavaScript heap-spray exploit code critical PDF_XFA_HEAP_SPRAY
    PDF contains XFA script content with heap-spray or shellcode-like JavaScript markers such as large encoded word sequences, util.pack, large arrays, or spray variable names. This is a weaponised Adobe Reader exploit pattern, not a normal interactive form.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-6136306-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-6136306-0
  • 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://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_0000023d.bin
730f7acbaac7f9cdc65a6fc9a253455d8ede7e41ca70781354afe3b490432a91		 pdf-embedded-script PDF raw stream script payload at offset 0x23D 106585 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36370
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely

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