PDF malware analysis — malicious · b37584cfc7d674da

MALICIOUS

PDF

13.3 KB

MD5: 1dc8bf9c980589c6237ed78a722dfa4e SHA-1: 61b0380e89f929d70899e7a29df5c05f86556595 SHA-256: b37584cfc7d674da17be30a4a469d3cdade982881cfb66d1ead1dbda09f4c73b

114 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment

The critical ClamAV detection and high ML classifier score strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of PDF-specific heuristics like 'AcroForm button with action trigger' and 'XFA form' suggests the document is designed to trigger an exploit. The embedded URL, while benign in reputation, is part of the exploit chain. The file is likely a dropper for further malicious activity.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9996

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 0x27AF	85 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0042.bin` `dda0835df994b8be920f715db36452f6cee7bb42bbc9c897f878a7b298ba8e91`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 42 at offset 0x2861	1029 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0043.bin` `ca2bacb751843d9af8db80af38fd7755052acc2dcc98e1f009f167d1d0743782`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 43 at offset 0x2A7A	1867 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0044.bin` `3dd68f00f4fcb366a2a3a17c65cb2626eeddf5ea5713302d374310561d810169`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 44 at offset 0x2ED4	144 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0045.bin` `10c03f88a5f0a0833dc5b2c8ac295b3a3c6f65e23889eb8cc1dc6fe29bf7f275`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 45 at offset 0x2F80	77 bytes

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