Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ec5fc0eaad0415d2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

45.6 KB
MD5: f37fb9ec7b7ce9bcb1d93e6893d16d30 SHA-1: 8c1a75a04cad7dc9104d47ff47af252cdf1eecde SHA-256: ec5fc0eaad0415d2113b5d56c1f81ddff9fc610adf40fbda1983f55e36fb2666
114 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for executing malicious code, potentially downloading a second-stage payload. The specific URLs extracted are related to XFA forms, which are often exploited in PDF-based attacks.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9647

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
  • JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPT
    PDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://ns.adobe.com/xdp/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xci/2.6/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.6/

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0012_000.js
32d73a7bb6eb23dc4c8c0a120fdaf05c5d083224075fad1367ed75bfd04be895
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 12 at offset 0xA1ED 4015 bytes