PDF malware analysis — malicious · c6b2ef561d1638f9

MALICIOUS

PDF

13.1 KB

MD5: 1e4a90036a556438be3f5f9abd009735 SHA-1: 1e777f2236b556efa7c581dd22107fe26c0393c8 SHA-256: c6b2ef561d1638f9ec2266a3e6409b7c2bbec4ba3fd05bfe6fa48703a0e07795

114 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate this PDF is malicious. The presence of embedded files and an AcroForm button with an action trigger suggests it's designed to exploit a PDF vulnerability. The embedded URL, though seemingly benign, could be a lure or part of a multi-stage attack. The primary attack pattern involves tricking the user into opening a malicious PDF that likely downloads and executes a secondary payload.

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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0041.bin` `c06dcd026a7ea0536b63e07ce688691b585339a3ab7ff59065e546b56308c7bb`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 41 at offset 0x26D7	85 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0042.bin` `dda0835df994b8be920f715db36452f6cee7bb42bbc9c897f878a7b298ba8e91`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 42 at offset 0x2789	1029 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0043.bin` `e7851af5e081c5f5c213de29bdc9f7a06a2e391a781bf5a9853e28c7c369149e`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 43 at offset 0x29A2	1735 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0044.bin` `3dd68f00f4fcb366a2a3a17c65cb2626eeddf5ea5713302d374310561d810169`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 44 at offset 0x2D8E	144 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0045.bin` `10c03f88a5f0a0833dc5b2c8ac295b3a3c6f65e23889eb8cc1dc6fe29bf7f275`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 45 at offset 0x2E3A	77 bytes

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