Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ec5e8f8f2b226828…

MALICIOUS

PDF

13.1 KB
MD5: 8a017ecb19611681a8d2cfd3a6d6e90a SHA-1: 770f96a0c474c94b9a425ea8f5f90bd2f7d888d0 SHA-256: ec5e8f8f2b226828acd15b5ea6a513242a9b82c4e4d4aaf6fbb498b2bacd0054
84 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The critical ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36962' strongly indicates a PDF exploit. The presence of an embedded file and an AcroForm button with an action trigger further supports this. The embedded URL, though seemingly benign, could be part of the exploit chain. The exploit likely downloads and executes a secondary payload, as is common with this type of PDF-based attack.

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 0x26C5 85 bytes
embedded_file_obj0042.bin
dda0835df994b8be920f715db36452f6cee7bb42bbc9c897f878a7b298ba8e91		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 42 at offset 0x2777 1029 bytes
embedded_file_obj0043.bin
e7851af5e081c5f5c213de29bdc9f7a06a2e391a781bf5a9853e28c7c369149e		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 43 at offset 0x2990 1735 bytes
embedded_file_obj0044.bin
3dd68f00f4fcb366a2a3a17c65cb2626eeddf5ea5713302d374310561d810169		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 44 at offset 0x2D7C 144 bytes
embedded_file_obj0045.bin
10c03f88a5f0a0833dc5b2c8ac295b3a3c6f65e23889eb8cc1dc6fe29bf7f275		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 45 at offset 0x2E28 77 bytes

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