Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 310c75441c11d17f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 58d12ba3984777810f45a72f8cecacac SHA-1: ca8d91f404115824c997829a2b1c4b42b09925e9 SHA-256: 310c75441c11d17fab1727c358b593b20f935dbf9b6a0482a8b1c1627a5debfe
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, indicating it contains an exploit. The presence of XFA forms and AcroForm buttons with action triggers further suggests malicious intent. The document body contains obfuscated text, typical of exploit-laden PDFs, and a suspicious embedded stream artifact was extracted.

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
36a17d2fb7f037087a51dbcd9328e938ab61ccf0af79c0a803932528416bf1d3
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1432 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).