PDF malware analysis — malicious · a236735deba5762f

MALICIOUS

PDF

105.6 KB

MD5: af0b631dd297dbddf3d12af0a2864d55 SHA-1: 42cfe8d08524f672332f9159b333efaeb1afdc9d SHA-256: a236735deba5762f9542796c6736da0113bafa04dfc5bafa2885a76375f79e5c

168 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution: Malicious File T1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell T1059.003 Command and Scripting Interpreter: Windows Command Shell

This PDF document contains embedded executable scripts, indicated by the PDF_EMBEDDED_SCRIPT_PAYLOAD and PDF_XFA_SCRIPT heuristics. The ML classifier also strongly flagged this PDF as malicious. The embedded file 'embedded_file_obj0008.bin' is likely the payload. The PDF uses obfuscation techniques such as ASCIIHexDecode and unescape() calls, suggesting an attempt to evade detection.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

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.
unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE

unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
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.
ASCIIHexDecode filter (with exploit indicators) medium PDF_FILTER_HEX

Hex-encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — often used to hide payload or shellcode bytes
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
Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE

One or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0008.bin` `792fd0cb1e478b2abcffcda6d6a2f00e5c58da285574e70e9f9efef83df49400`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 8 at offset 0xE2	15334 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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