MALICIOUS
126
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment
T1059.001 PowerShell
The PDF exhibits multiple indicators of malicious intent, including embedded script payloads and a high ML classifier score. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-78' strongly suggests exploitation of a known vulnerability to drop a secondary payload. The embedded file and XFA form further support this. While no specific script content was readable, the presence of embedded scripts and the overall detection pattern indicate a typical exploit-based PDF delivery mechanism.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000
Heuristics 5
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ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-78 critical CLAMAV_DETECTIONClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-78
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Embedded script payload in PDF stream medium PDF_EMBEDDED_SCRIPT_PAYLOADPDF 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.
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Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDEDPDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
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XFA form low PDF_XFAPDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
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Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URLOne 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/xfa-template/2.5/
- http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-data/1.0/
Extracted artifacts 1
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
embedded_file_obj0008.bind9f03f81a35e4671e06dbe457a9a2d7a14af214dcadba55e987fb7dc445c4a03 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 8 at offset 0xC8 | 11392 bytes |
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