Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 24172724d34f54f4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 4c642eda90d08bf67cbac9052a4dd57b SHA-1: d134bcbd3ec45c33a715be8ab790a463f7bf4caf SHA-256: 24172724d34f54f43736bcf3c7bf07c210f0ab1f8ebac39493c0d1c5b6c098ba
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874, indicating it contains a known exploit. Static analysis also identified an XFA form and an AcroForm button with an action trigger, common components in malicious PDFs designed to execute embedded code. An extracted artifact, 'stream_001_off000008ed.bin', further suggests the presence of a payload.

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
5ebf5bf897049c8154e8159cf3d3bcd53be3a3bfdbd99fd6989822f1a13c6c29
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1443 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).