Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2aa06300c7f08398…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 0057ee56cc3d9792617746ad2fc2b355 SHA-1: 809d7add5ad0c5a3039cdfa8cebf57d737241ad7 SHA-256: 2aa06300c7f08398443d5bc1a3306d1b4145114712534c06d222d7336bca4ec1
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment

The critical ClamAV detection and high ML classifier score strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of an XFA form and an AcroForm button with an action trigger are common techniques used in PDF exploits. The extracted artifact 'stream_001_off000008ed.bin' suggests the potential for a second-stage download or execution, consistent with the 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874' ClamAV signature.

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
4eefaf93813b6014696c6256c4ef463b86ecdfe044770716d68e700bca513386
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1428 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).