Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 951886c82b6e517c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.5 KB
MD5: 9d41bdb58ab237ad0addfffe4d213d11 SHA-1: 09eb73a96e8df1a63c73a910c1e5d0135c6cf645 SHA-256: 951886c82b6e517ca1d629cf48e408ac4ba7381fbd4aba97d75dcc18a66ac70a
178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious File T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by multiple high-confidence heuristics, including ML classification and ClamAV detection. The presence of an XFA form and an embedded script payload indicates an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities or execute malicious code upon opening. The embedded script is likely responsible for delivering the secondary payload, though its exact function is not detailed in the provided evidence.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 5

  • 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_0000023e.bin
9c505f9ebe959808d5c3584827c8b4fcfc25c3035f1593291712b1991cd6216a
pdf-embedded-script PDF raw stream script payload at offset 0x23E 80647 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36769
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely