Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c67d8a5e8aba0041…

MALICIOUS

PDF

146.9 KB
MD5: 39af29a355137a3446ac39682e29eb51 SHA-1: cd555ce042a56ff83e57069f840603968ea5d825 SHA-256: c67d8a5e8aba00417a11aa7789c52b2c48aec665e8848afed88b0e083bfcc67f
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier, indicating it contains an exploit. Heuristics indicate the presence of embedded JavaScript, including the use of unescape() and ASCIIHexDecode, which are common obfuscation techniques for malicious scripts. The embedded JavaScript streams are likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload. The presence of multiple XFA-related URLs suggests a potential exploit targeting XFA forms.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36189 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36189
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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
  • JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPT
    PDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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.
  • 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.bitstream.com
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xdp/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xci/2.6/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.6/

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0013_000.js
260b025e2ec91e6316c4b637a03d8dca74bcfd28d4dfc4e9f9c9dc1528cbcf68
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x10531 27541 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
javascript_obj0013_001.js
8881542be24c5ed18822c0f675e03a074a570d31e3d25415b68699c6d2d541c4
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x1056D 27549 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
font_00_sfnt_off00000352.bin
a8f4d9b7d604c3c8a0bf3f9a31b9e952d467f98d118fdc784d95d689a14d8a33
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x352 65932 bytes