Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bdb092d567755060…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.6 KB
MD5: b93ddf87b0a048fd97543d3390650ea6 SHA-1: a9dc040cc092faf3937bb5f01e92a43186ba5b7d SHA-256: bdb092d567755060f86fe0515c0c769dc8b97e4d2c4075c3974bf726818f77aa
178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF was flagged by multiple heuristics, including ML classification and ClamAV, indicating malicious intent. The presence of an XFA form and an embedded script payload suggests it's designed to exploit vulnerabilities or deliver further malware. The embedded URL, while seemingly benign, is present within the document's structure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-78 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-78
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
  • 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.
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • 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-template/2.5/

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_pdf_script_00000329.bin
d133e67a16a3e0d9721ecbd909776ed6143c88eb77d6e0699ba8309da3fd7d23
pdf-embedded-script PDF raw stream script payload at offset 0x329 14181 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36809
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely