Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2636769aabeeeb4b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 6b2cc996e7c84e48b4a0e98cbb057e02 SHA-1: ce507191cb24dd445c9869e434399808409718dc SHA-256: 2636769aabeeeb4b4af7215cd0e19f3e3974e549a5f3953e3d8de788c5a420c8
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF document identified by ClamAV as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874. Static analysis revealed an XFA form and an AcroForm button with an action trigger, indicating a potential exploit. A suspicious, long encoded blob was also extracted, suggesting the presence of malicious content designed to be executed by the PDF viewer.

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
04b4fec52e66bbe8bff736562631819dd412d54df731cad9bb8364ad56434593
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1415 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).