PDF malware analysis — malicious · 9aa1f09c072a9945

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.2 KB

MD5: e0de6e06d9595107e13bb4aa6e39c41b SHA-1: a216eadaee38325e01d5c3523b1d427dc28143ba SHA-256: 9aa1f09c072a99452c5c1c6971dd61db1497184b39b2424e50cd8c426a3cd564

116 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious Link: Malicious File T1566 Phishing T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36962'. Heuristics indicate the presence of embedded files and an AcroForm button with an action trigger, suggesting an exploit is leveraged. The embedded URL, though seemingly benign, could be part of a larger attack chain. The presence of multiple embedded files further supports the likelihood of a multi-stage attack.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

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 0x2AE1	85 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0042.bin` `dda0835df994b8be920f715db36452f6cee7bb42bbc9c897f878a7b298ba8e91`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 42 at offset 0x2B93	1029 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0043.bin` `d7b1078c871b5402d0a1bed7271ae0b15e8240f45cfc731f390a1abe670415be`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 43 at offset 0x2DAC	1950 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0044.bin` `3dd68f00f4fcb366a2a3a17c65cb2626eeddf5ea5713302d374310561d810169`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 44 at offset 0x3242	144 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0045.bin` `10c03f88a5f0a0833dc5b2c8ac295b3a3c6f65e23889eb8cc1dc6fe29bf7f275`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 45 at offset 0x32EE	77 bytes

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