Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa27c1ae152ad483…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.4 KB
MD5: e6b709c0a9bce112985f861510a2ab61 SHA-1: 3d7e06c39028eaa68a84a730baf0b332a17deb1b SHA-256: fa27c1ae152ad483d46d974a77e4f97e223703d944d9501807cd7018607ee327
180 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious File T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious Attachment

The PDF was flagged by multiple high-severity heuristics, including ML classification and ClamAV detections for known exploits. The presence of an XFA form and an embedded script payload indicates a likely exploit delivery mechanism. The embedded script is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, though its exact function is obscured.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-6136306-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-6136306-0
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
  • 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.
  • 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/xfa-template/2.5/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-data/1.0/

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_pdf_script_00000246.bin
aaea5828fe8f6ce641c038d41654c4ab1940b6118660727a44c4c59b2156126f
pdf-embedded-script PDF raw stream script payload at offset 0x246 94922 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36769
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely