Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3becc1744d0422e9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 2722bfaa9376647945dda7fb134d14a9 SHA-1: a8c25e269e2bf593525aa68392eee08fce664d3b SHA-256: 3becc1744d0422e9a0ddd5a88d28d279001378cd4822b39758283acb182ac001
110 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically identifying it as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874. The presence of XFA forms and AcroForm buttons suggests an attempt to leverage PDF features for exploitation. The ML classifier's high output score further supports the malicious nature of the file. No scripts were extracted, but the file's structure and heuristic firings indicate it is likely an exploit delivery mechanism.

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
022ca9c41d3b944cabf68dbf00fa76ece59c0801ee7eac194426c19238db091b
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1434 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).