Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1f28bd3b5e089304…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 1e3387fb3e1b26e7887e27367c9922f0 SHA-1: 2b38e200e0749606f24224b4ded565c540c3f466 SHA-256: 1f28bd3b5e0893040cad562b314121b2107d0d24ead0ccfea6f9b119b17442a4
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874. The presence of an XFA form and an AcroForm button with an action trigger suggests an exploit is embedded within the document structure. The ML classifier output of 0.999296 strongly indicates malicious intent, likely to exploit a PDF vulnerability and download a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874
  • 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
  • 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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_001_off000008ed.bin
c639ddba7dda0b4d7599056a752af965136b9e5221ca3cc57fb5d437ef182d57
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1436 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).