MALICIOUS
268
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link
T1204.002 Malicious Link: Malicious File
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter
T1059.007 Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript
This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV with the signature Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-81, and an extracted artifact was also detected as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36318. High-severity heuristics indicate the presence of embedded scripts and XFA forms containing risky executable content, suggesting an exploit is being leveraged. The ML classifier also returned a high probability of maliciousness. The embedded scripts likely download and execute a second-stage payload.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000
Heuristics 9
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XFA form contains risky executable script high PDF_XFA_SCRIPTPDF 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.
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ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-81 critical CLAMAV_DETECTIONClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-81
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ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAVClamAV 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.
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eval() call high PDF_EVALeval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
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Embedded script payload in PDF stream medium PDF_EMBEDDED_SCRIPT_PAYLOADPDF 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.
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Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDEDPDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
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XFA form low PDF_XFAPDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
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Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGEOne 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.
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Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URLOne 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://ns.adobe.com/xtd/
- 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 8
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
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embedded_file_obj0008.bin04462f810d6eacdacecc9d0a5f3f81bebc722af4415e04da19b520338f642b51 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 8 at offset 0x1AB | 67 bytes |
embedded_file_obj0009.bin6b2260d3c78649345d3f0b850b831d545d33bb7017ccdf438cdfe1e9db7f2db2 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 9 at offset 0x238 | 294 bytes |
embedded_file_obj0010.bincea436ef54b3a66236e5e84ca1c0b0a8965a3fca8c3a4f14c9cd036780e98862 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 10 at offset 0x3A9 | 590 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36318
Obfuscation or payload:
unlikely
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embedded_file_obj0011.bine0c8ea68dfac5ca84df196305acad2aa8fbdc439003e483315acb7700f7b9ffe |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 11 at offset 0x642 | 26717 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
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embedded_file_obj0012.bin103d1e7983cf88bfacedddb4af33ffb5317d9c2c8b3e1bfd987b2c5d712bc985 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 12 at offset 0x6EEA | 323 bytes |
embedded_file_obj0014.bin11938e86220b67ad7d6cb296ed17a455023787c6db0e8d1edfb22d9fd44e9ed3 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 14 at offset 0x7077 | 178 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
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embedded_file_obj0015.bine6c26a3478346d27e841ad49868ebf68bf4c6863b6750e8d60bda3c4c6f79876 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 15 at offset 0x716F | 77 bytes |
embedded_file_obj0016.bin92a3ce61d783e15932b5de127ce45a9b4c2f98f4da2453f65241573c1dda808a |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0x7203 | 56 bytes |
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