Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d42bc0b14326d0d2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

42.9 KB
MD5: d7b7a6e02a0c0c3e2303464bc3e00de3 SHA-1: 53726f98ac5c699dd3dba34251a4b99fcac36519 SHA-256: d42bc0b14326d0d23889c3f2f9920435ba5e0400cb8f349b877d49a512ff0a56
226 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF document contains embedded XFA forms with risky executable scripts, as indicated by multiple high and critical heuristic firings. ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36830' on both the main file and an extracted artifact strongly suggests a malicious exploit. The embedded script payload is the primary mechanism for exploitation, likely leading to the download and execution of a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 7

  • XFA form contains risky executable script high CVE related PDF_XFA_SCRIPT
    PDF embeds an XFA form whose script block contains exploit, submission/launch, or shell-execution primitives. Ordinary LiveCycle print/update scripts are left as generic XFA/JS signals unless stronger behavior is present.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36830 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36830
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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://ns.adobe.com/xdp/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xci/1.0/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.5/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-data/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xfdf/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-form/2.8/

Extracted artifacts 7

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0008.bin
0a2224c4023b216235b61c3fc4dd17bbfac1ab23a545687f51b97604cf654712		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 8 at offset 0xD7 46 bytes
embedded_file_obj0009.bin
31fdf004c20573ef86df6f8bab5f61a4db2e6cb95b0ec9b813f83869a7432577		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 9 at offset 0x14D 687 bytes
embedded_file_obj0010.bin
65e0cd26724bbac83c6001dfbee5727d8d7dc958f364f02a819dd2cf25ba393a		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 10 at offset 0x447 160 bytes
embedded_file_obj0011.bin
97c80ef429fb2d96343f3077ee131ec7082298f9a75aa15186c6d34d7f53fbd5		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 11 at offset 0x532 429 bytes
embedded_file_obj0012.bin
d2f06f3fc6900856fe613a64a561919c8454dcbe0fdf238fb8b43e07016955ea		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 12 at offset 0x72A 190 bytes
embedded_file_obj0014.bin
399ea30369408e8bf00c8bcd1bacdcd466ec37727efa033792bce74122b15523		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 14 at offset 0x835 41061 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36830
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely
embedded_file_obj0015.bin
03172373f36e220deaea3baf69186e2a8bef99633879227f39b2a0b4510201ee		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 15 at offset 0xA8E4 138 bytes

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