Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 da3d474df71d091b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

10.8 KB
MD5: b628ab590908498662bf15f5caa47818 SHA-1: 6070950bb596acc875bf5e6e362b2c9384522c50 SHA-256: da3d474df71d091be24564d28d47af4fe708cd2f01dd5f7be36151ee8a47e984
114 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.001 PowerShell T1059.003 Windows Command Shell

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by an ML classifier and contains embedded script payloads within XFA forms. The presence of a PDF_XFA_SCRIPT heuristic indicates that the form contains risky executable script. The embedded URL, http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-locale-set/2.1/, is likely used to download or execute a secondary payload. The script's exact function is obscured, but its execution within a PDF context strongly suggests a malicious intent, such as dropping further malware or redirecting the user to a phishing site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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 0xB03 85 bytes
embedded_file_obj0042.bin
dda0835df994b8be920f715db36452f6cee7bb42bbc9c897f878a7b298ba8e91
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 42 at offset 0xBB5 1029 bytes
embedded_file_obj0121.bin
513e060227c8569e26d95d28a5e987f7b2905e4b99de93d30bf11f573927a2ae
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 121 at offset 0xDCF 78435 bytes
embedded_file_obj0044.bin
3dd68f00f4fcb366a2a3a17c65cb2626eeddf5ea5713302d374310561d810169
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 44 at offset 0x26C1 144 bytes
embedded_file_obj0045.bin
10c03f88a5f0a0833dc5b2c8ac295b3a3c6f65e23889eb8cc1dc6fe29bf7f275
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 45 at offset 0x276E 77 bytes