PDF malware analysis — malicious · 8be2b9315ab3dfc1

MALICIOUS

PDF

13.6 KB

MD5: 0a3ec838f8bf191479a1e99decc5dbfe SHA-1: b9dc5bbd0766c10ebefdf95be45857a4d4736aea SHA-256: 8be2b9315ab3dfc17035da31ff595a25aa44c13d4e15a2657b27fc0676cc6a3d

114 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

The critical ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36962' and the high ML classifier score strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of embedded files and an AcroForm button with an action trigger suggests an exploit is being leveraged. While no specific script was extracted, the overall structure and detections point to a PDF-based exploit designed to download and execute a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9996

Heuristics 5

ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36962 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36962
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
AcroForm button with action trigger low PDF_ACROFORM_BUTTON

PDF 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
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://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.bin` `c06dcd026a7ea0536b63e07ce688691b585339a3ab7ff59065e546b56308c7bb`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 41 at offset 0x28FF	85 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0042.bin` `dda0835df994b8be920f715db36452f6cee7bb42bbc9c897f878a7b298ba8e91`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 42 at offset 0x29B1	1029 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0043.bin` `cc9bf9b4bff960fcc875cced8773f18df40c06e7a9fe9a44ed7dafd435f6cc72`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 43 at offset 0x2BCA	1866 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0044.bin` `3dd68f00f4fcb366a2a3a17c65cb2626eeddf5ea5713302d374310561d810169`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 44 at offset 0x3022	144 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0045.bin` `10c03f88a5f0a0833dc5b2c8ac295b3a3c6f65e23889eb8cc1dc6fe29bf7f275`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 45 at offset 0x30CE	77 bytes

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