Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e76be440068d845c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.8 KB
MD5: 6e1b7f71f4c41fac9c13aedd066c0e01 SHA-1: fe668a3e0c004bd20c0234d07a003d4d05dc5bdf SHA-256: e76be440068d845ced25568eac1e1b370f6129f6ca9bd122f3cb7481f34f01a8
88 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The file is a PDF containing an embedded script payload, as indicated by the PDF_EMBEDDED_SCRIPT_PAYLOAD heuristic and ClamAV detection (Pdf.Exploit.Agent-6136306-0). The presence of XFA form elements (PDF_XFA) suggests a potential vector for exploit delivery. The embedded script is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload from a remote source, although the exact script functionality is not fully detailed in the provided evidence. The embedded URL is likely part of the exploit chain.

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-6136306-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-6136306-0
  • 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.
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • 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-template/2.5/

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_pdf_script_00000359.bin
ac34331581e1f79bd614edfa9553b115317ed0b8dbd80ccd74afd9637c0dd367
pdf-embedded-script PDF raw stream script payload at offset 0x359 12422 bytes