Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 36eb9ab614650cf2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 90c2af9b28142fcf87361c9d20d4c8c9 SHA-1: 75feebd4ef3dc15aec3b8477fd8b6080f6776924 SHA-256: 36eb9ab614650cf2f7747d600076cce0a2ec3e6368f2e9c652e5ae020c1ba010
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 extracted artifact 'stream_001_off000008ed.bin' is also flagged as suspicious. While no specific script was extracted, the combination of these factors points to a malicious PDF dropper.

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
cad6a25eec38659618930d7766179f36d7451cf56c9bda124be41d9bbc10d339
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1442 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).