Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ddc023ffc348f986…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.1 KB
MD5: 7e32b5eb3b93974da26816103f78e594 SHA-1: a50ae74120f1f840c210aaad50c1618d761a5751 SHA-256: ddc023ffc348f98659fd7f8d2d6d2569c241791684ea6030687c12fa4699d2d7
84 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The critical ClamAV heuristic 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36962' indicates this PDF is designed to exploit vulnerabilities. The presence of multiple embedded files and an XFA form further supports this, suggesting the document is a dropper or exploit container. The embedded URL is likely part of the exploit chain or a command and control beacon.

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 0x2ABB 85 bytes
embedded_file_obj0042.bin
dda0835df994b8be920f715db36452f6cee7bb42bbc9c897f878a7b298ba8e91
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 42 at offset 0x2B6D 1029 bytes
embedded_file_obj0043.bin
d7b1078c871b5402d0a1bed7271ae0b15e8240f45cfc731f390a1abe670415be
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 43 at offset 0x2D86 1950 bytes
embedded_file_obj0044.bin
3dd68f00f4fcb366a2a3a17c65cb2626eeddf5ea5713302d374310561d810169
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 44 at offset 0x321C 144 bytes
embedded_file_obj0045.bin
10c03f88a5f0a0833dc5b2c8ac295b3a3c6f65e23889eb8cc1dc6fe29bf7f275
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 45 at offset 0x32C8 77 bytes