Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 223f0e1bc4ed3da4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 72d22e235f55b90dd2068b04f45d3fab SHA-1: 5bc9222ccb96b91ef1c05018c71dc68ee9d241c2 SHA-256: 223f0e1bc4ed3da4364f2217028dd1b7310a09aa3d0f9ce3db55136d36f7fd9d
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1559.001 Component Object Model Hijacking

The file is a PDF document that contains an XFA form and an AcroForm button with an action trigger, indicating a potential exploit. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874' strongly suggests a known PDF exploit. The presence of a long encoded blob within an extracted stream further supports the likelihood of malicious code execution.

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
8ee9f1b552d1d3af533712d507ddb4003369a22fef7022ba4a15e7f397818642
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1418 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).