Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3dbb2323af47592a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 0f2d231bd11db47053783408a302f644 SHA-1: 64a03c01f22b88ea260622da00d7e329118df37c SHA-256: 3dbb2323af47592ae5ee9733e151bd681fd7fa68869f333e5e97b4931ca388fd
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File

The file is a PDF document flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874, indicating it contains an exploit. The ML classifier also strongly flagged it as malicious. The presence of an XFA form and an AcroForm button with an action trigger suggests an attempt to interact with the user or trigger an exploit. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and high detection scores point to a malicious exploit delivery.

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
83fdc9ebe0f266648a78f27b89df49b9724aa197a59e04b10679b41c6abb3850
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1453 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).