Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b24c4f4e1eef2eec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.1 KB
MD5: 080420f31644d08e5b429ceb5c924f07 SHA-1: 1f6d2b53e8b5d07cf56e7cdb3e62d68d45b6a956 SHA-256: b24c4f4e1eef2eec0623ede3d9e36d796e5da5d56e5e48564801e5e1f47c944b
114 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious Link: Malicious File T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter T1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded objects and an embedded URL, strongly suggesting it is designed to exploit a vulnerability. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection confirm its malicious nature. The embedded URL, while seemingly benign, is likely a lure or part of a chain to download a secondary payload. The presence of XFA forms and AcroForm buttons further indicates an attempt to trigger malicious actions within the PDF viewer.

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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0041.bin
c06dcd026a7ea0536b63e07ce688691b585339a3ab7ff59065e546b56308c7bb
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 41 at offset 0x2AD8 85 bytes
embedded_file_obj0042.bin
dda0835df994b8be920f715db36452f6cee7bb42bbc9c897f878a7b298ba8e91
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 42 at offset 0x2B8A 1029 bytes
embedded_file_obj0043.bin
f44bf07a5e766e1ab751c881e0c803396c26566487c8d16ae18e3f70aa11a14f
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 43 at offset 0x2DA3 1931 bytes
embedded_file_obj0044.bin
3dd68f00f4fcb366a2a3a17c65cb2626eeddf5ea5713302d374310561d810169
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 44 at offset 0x321D 144 bytes
embedded_file_obj0045.bin
10c03f88a5f0a0833dc5b2c8ac295b3a3c6f65e23889eb8cc1dc6fe29bf7f275
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 45 at offset 0x32C9 77 bytes