Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ec32fb59045d253d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.6 KB
MD5: 98bda04a193b8f5018d46a6ed8853959 SHA-1: 1c80c72cac0985b446acffe99a144cd44f3f6c6a SHA-256: ec32fb59045d253d6ffc836223a077da1028a8adaac12e0e28c6e1714d4893d6
178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file utilizes XFA forms and contains an embedded script payload, as indicated by multiple heuristic firings including ML classification and ClamAV detections. The embedded script is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload. The presence of an embedded URL further supports the malicious nature of the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-78 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-78
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV 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.
  • 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_00000329.bin
ad162b47e78e31d239d73d19025c10815b73f972d9ceef4fd6ef676a6840f669
pdf-embedded-script PDF raw stream script payload at offset 0x329 14220 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36809
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely