PDF malware analysis — malicious · ef61e786602d19ad

MALICIOUS

PDF

104.7 KB

MD5: 232554bd57f27f9e4a6beb9bd35e33c4 SHA-1: 88ab3dad21651b732c0cba5ff4ee16b4925bd1ff SHA-256: ef61e786602d19ad987c213c1b6ea2d95b2f1d3d16c09db5ec1dede49ed8e67c

230 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution T1059.001 PowerShell T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information

The PDF contains embedded content and utilizes XFA forms with risky executable scripts, indicated by multiple high and critical heuristic firings. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of an embedded file, 'embedded_file_obj0008.bin', points to a dropper or exploit delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 8

XFA form contains risky executable script high CVE related PDF_XFA_SCRIPT

PDF embeds an XFA form whose script block contains exploit, submission/launch, or shell-execution primitives. Ordinary LiveCycle print/update scripts are left as generic XFA/JS signals unless stronger behavior is present.
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-78 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-78
unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE

unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
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.
ASCIIHexDecode filter (with exploit indicators) medium PDF_FILTER_HEX

Hex-encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — often used to hide payload or shellcode bytes
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
Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE

One or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0008.bin` `51f91daebceb81e423811b57694cd869df947584c406817b04a71e4971e0cad5`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 8 at offset 0xE2	15203 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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