Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f0ce90e8c219767e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.1 KB
MD5: 99cee8d3c7b45fd151ab1eadfcc5e9ff SHA-1: 9d1435539dd31b121244b0cfa23ef9c106f330d2 SHA-256: f0ce90e8c219767ef20eb43704f9f9cd1be15e462e5732cdb937a3e558a34e2a
74 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

The sample is a PDF document flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including an ML classifier with a high confidence score. It contains an embedded script payload, indicating an attempt to execute malicious code upon opening. The presence of an embedded URL suggests a potential download or redirection mechanism. The primary attack pattern involves exploiting PDF vulnerabilities to deliver this payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • 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 0xCF3 85 bytes
embedded_file_obj0042.bin
dda0835df994b8be920f715db36452f6cee7bb42bbc9c897f878a7b298ba8e91
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 42 at offset 0xDA5 1029 bytes
embedded_file_obj0111.bin
66e76dcb967d6287da5fb9b1206ff9b91265d10f5fed34b18227c9a0ad951fae
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 111 at offset 0xFBF 57518 bytes
embedded_file_obj0044.bin
3dd68f00f4fcb366a2a3a17c65cb2626eeddf5ea5713302d374310561d810169
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 44 at offset 0x1F19 144 bytes
embedded_file_obj0045.bin
10c03f88a5f0a0833dc5b2c8ac295b3a3c6f65e23889eb8cc1dc6fe29bf7f275
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 45 at offset 0x1FC6 77 bytes