Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2eb7ec3a1b55022d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 8f907be33b055751ea9ddc99fb29cce0 SHA-1: 28add95fa0d4c96dbd3b564640d01e2ac66c8b56 SHA-256: 2eb7ec3a1b55022d680e79d2837d4bbfa2d4f0c881ed939cfcd35ff66d7b77f6
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.001 PowerShell

The critical ClamAV heuristic 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874' strongly indicates a known PDF exploit. The presence of XFA forms and AcroForm buttons further supports the likelihood of a malicious PDF designed to trigger an exploit. The embedded binary artifact suggests a secondary payload delivery mechanism. The document body contains obfuscated text, which is common in exploit documents to hide malicious content.

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
81c9978e632b6f8dcc1a7641a433dea05b18898bdf951dd20be001eda3361d41
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1455 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).