Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2ae53503ae799004…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: af3268a8fb73d8169c09dd5e7e0b5ad5 SHA-1: f71b131e8db260bafc892d51092e7ed72b523fb6 SHA-256: 2ae53503ae799004d0bacfca24fd56131a354606d983d6ba6e6138eb805532bc
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV (Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874) and a machine learning classifier. The presence of XFA forms and AcroForm buttons suggests an attempt to exploit PDF vulnerabilities. While no specific script was extracted, the ML classifier's high confidence and the ClamAV detection strongly indicate the PDF is designed to exploit a vulnerability and likely deliver a second-stage 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
8275874e30a7701db397df7a29a2c144b6b14af46315a5948099213ed1eac7fe
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1408 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).