Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d638f6f74a2c0deb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.7 KB
MD5: 321a909db20de178c6537184f9701b72 SHA-1: b995b5c076ec0fe8bb75d614c7d1b4b4e32946d4 SHA-256: d638f6f74a2c0deb4453d14b8458e8084f123dacedd798a4fb6b405948193736
114 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as malicious by a critical ClamAV detection (Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36962) and a high-confidence ML classifier. Several PDF-specific heuristics indicate the presence of exploit code, including embedded files and an AcroForm button with an action trigger. The embedded URL, while seemingly benign, is associated with the exploit.

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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0041.bin
c06dcd026a7ea0536b63e07ce688691b585339a3ab7ff59065e546b56308c7bb
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 41 at offset 0x2D13 85 bytes
embedded_file_obj0042.bin
dda0835df994b8be920f715db36452f6cee7bb42bbc9c897f878a7b298ba8e91
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 42 at offset 0x2DC5 1029 bytes
embedded_file_obj0043.bin
d7b1078c871b5402d0a1bed7271ae0b15e8240f45cfc731f390a1abe670415be
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 43 at offset 0x2FDE 1950 bytes
embedded_file_obj0044.bin
3dd68f00f4fcb366a2a3a17c65cb2626eeddf5ea5713302d374310561d810169
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 44 at offset 0x3474 144 bytes
embedded_file_obj0045.bin
10c03f88a5f0a0833dc5b2c8ac295b3a3c6f65e23889eb8cc1dc6fe29bf7f275
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 45 at offset 0x3520 77 bytes