PDF malware analysis — malicious · af39c7438985d373

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.2 KB

MD5: 89590e07ca0c62a8c594408b1656d288 SHA-1: 4793c20dfd4d8f8fc23c119c72c353d365dc7440 SHA-256: af39c7438985d373724c17ca52c814ce27fab3d97d7931a4788dfd2c260cb3df

84 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment

The critical ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36962' strongly indicates a known PDF exploit. The presence of embedded files and an AcroForm button with an action trigger further supports an attack pattern involving exploitation of PDF vulnerabilities. The embedded URL, while not directly malicious in reputation, is part of the exploit infrastructure. The exact nature of the exploit and its payload cannot be determined from the provided static analysis, but it is highly probable that it attempts to download and execute a secondary stage.

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 0x2B08	85 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0042.bin` `dda0835df994b8be920f715db36452f6cee7bb42bbc9c897f878a7b298ba8e91`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 42 at offset 0x2BBA	1029 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0043.bin` `6f03c72de447e14766f0014f62267fed96f7ac22c54c485ead75824526a05793`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 43 at offset 0x2DD3	1837 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0044.bin` `3dd68f00f4fcb366a2a3a17c65cb2626eeddf5ea5713302d374310561d810169`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 44 at offset 0x3227	144 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0045.bin` `10c03f88a5f0a0833dc5b2c8ac295b3a3c6f65e23889eb8cc1dc6fe29bf7f275`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 45 at offset 0x32D3	77 bytes

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