Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 89b6b6760f4807f5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

42.7 KB
MD5: 52f928bab8387e34748b2817e272f49a SHA-1: bc7224134fccd69570ae8452d13c848f17694aa5 SHA-256: 89b6b6760f4807f548f9e4cbb5bd9ece42c7077d0d5893e50044ec69bbb8880b
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF document identified by ClamAV as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36836. Heuristics indicate the presence of embedded scripts within an XFA form, a common vector for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities. The embedded script payload is likely responsible for the malicious behavior, potentially leading to the download and execution of further malicious content.

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-36836 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36836
  • 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
b4c843958415804380d2cfb9532e1e16b6b9df6cabe582a16ea0696cccf80a73		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 9 at offset 0x14D 690 bytes
embedded_file_obj0010.bin
cb5c2c085f74f108ea1568913da707c0f028f63f96dbe60adbaae8231243e227		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 10 at offset 0x44A 157 bytes
embedded_file_obj0011.bin
6a5f276ff02b560ca46693f06f81d1aa8c8d715382526659096ddc4caad4e8bc		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 11 at offset 0x532 354 bytes
embedded_file_obj0012.bin
d2f06f3fc6900856fe613a64a561919c8454dcbe0fdf238fb8b43e07016955ea		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 12 at offset 0x6DF 190 bytes
embedded_file_obj0014.bin
cc1227f92cf3aec08b014ce913303d1ec962ed6e10de941727dd71ba497d81e9		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 14 at offset 0x7EA 40940 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36836
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely
embedded_file_obj0015.bin
78b09463af5cd373870eae2e3e83de87b7f6b659e0d0117ab4c09d90ebb2ad95		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 15 at offset 0xA820 68 bytes

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