Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 86517b0ef6344d2c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.4 KB
MD5: 1ecb56be027c95b64b347c430a518f2a SHA-1: fa60f888a7fb30b2443c867f6ed6e3e3357510b1 SHA-256: 86517b0ef6344d2c8329f3b6208079add0e65d94198839fbedb45dfab5fdbd30
118 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains an embedded script payload and utilizes XFA forms, as indicated by the PDF_EMBEDDED_SCRIPT_PAYLOAD and PDF_XFA heuristics. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, specifically identified as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-6136306-0. The embedded script is likely responsible for executing the exploit, though its exact function is obscured by the PDF structure. The presence of XFA forms is a common vector for PDF exploits.

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
  • 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_0000023c.bin
6cbaa147463ee45d97cdc7a727159cc1f9521e327d623f496670ef05156211ef
pdf-embedded-script PDF raw stream script payload at offset 0x23C 80624 bytes