Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e66edc7fc5ea2d22…

MALICIOUS

PDF

13.1 KB
MD5: 938a73851b24526744dd66541803e5ee SHA-1: 1d3af11723a94cab553265c473dd56d85681edde SHA-256: e66edc7fc5ea2d225b6d0266ba2aaa31aaa85bbc262059e2f3ae56aadc381edc
84 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious File T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter T1059.001 PowerShell

The critical ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36962' strongly indicates a PDF exploit. The presence of embedded files and an embedded URL further supports this, suggesting the document is designed to lure the user into triggering an exploit. The exploit likely leads to the download and execution of a second-stage payload, though the specific mechanism is not fully detailed in the provided evidence.

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 0x26D9 85 bytes
embedded_file_obj0042.bin
dda0835df994b8be920f715db36452f6cee7bb42bbc9c897f878a7b298ba8e91		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 42 at offset 0x278B 1029 bytes
embedded_file_obj0043.bin
e7851af5e081c5f5c213de29bdc9f7a06a2e391a781bf5a9853e28c7c369149e		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 43 at offset 0x29A4 1735 bytes
embedded_file_obj0044.bin
3dd68f00f4fcb366a2a3a17c65cb2626eeddf5ea5713302d374310561d810169		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 44 at offset 0x2D90 144 bytes
embedded_file_obj0045.bin
10c03f88a5f0a0833dc5b2c8ac295b3a3c6f65e23889eb8cc1dc6fe29bf7f275		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 45 at offset 0x2E3C 77 bytes

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