Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 25200a90152ee322…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 99a9661761c0a9fa040552008dfe2295 SHA-1: 4b771c19b365ae65dec57da55f9a21227fd97c38 SHA-256: 25200a90152ee32297f2e02f155077a6a08de7a5ff31f55fe02225933893f3a5
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by ML classification and ClamAV as malicious, specifically identifying it 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 PDF structure. An embedded binary artifact was also detected, likely containing the exploit code or 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
3000b6e8abd3a17bee15e28539f1a08b662a77514c0c44d66c95a350f568510e
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1435 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).