MALICIOUS
116
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link
T1204.002 Malicious Link: Malicious File
T1566 Phishing
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment
T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
The critical ClamAV detection and high ML classifier score indicate a malicious PDF. The presence of an embedded file and an AcroForm button with an action trigger suggests an exploit is being leveraged. The embedded URL, while not directly malicious in reputation, is suspicious in context and may be used to download a secondary payload. The PDF_XFA heuristic also points to a potential exploit vector.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000
Heuristics 5
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ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36962 critical CLAMAV_DETECTIONClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36962
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Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDEDPDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
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XFA form low PDF_XFAPDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
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AcroForm button with action trigger low PDF_ACROFORM_BUTTONPDF contains a /Btn form field together with a SubmitForm/URI/Launch/JS trigger — this is the building block of fake 'Download' or 'Open' button overlays used in PDF phishing lures
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Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URLOne 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-locale-set/2.1/
Extracted artifacts 5
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
embedded_file_obj0041.binc06dcd026a7ea0536b63e07ce688691b585339a3ab7ff59065e546b56308c7bb |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 41 at offset 0x261F | 85 bytes |
embedded_file_obj0042.bindda0835df994b8be920f715db36452f6cee7bb42bbc9c897f878a7b298ba8e91 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 42 at offset 0x26D1 | 1029 bytes |
embedded_file_obj0043.bine7851af5e081c5f5c213de29bdc9f7a06a2e391a781bf5a9853e28c7c369149e |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 43 at offset 0x28EA | 1735 bytes |
embedded_file_obj0044.bin3dd68f00f4fcb366a2a3a17c65cb2626eeddf5ea5713302d374310561d810169 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 44 at offset 0x2CD6 | 144 bytes |
embedded_file_obj0045.bin10c03f88a5f0a0833dc5b2c8ac295b3a3c6f65e23889eb8cc1dc6fe29bf7f275 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 45 at offset 0x2D82 | 77 bytes |
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