Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3f0a5a65f80164e6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: f175012484a35eb75931e4491aa96f4d SHA-1: 1252b29c4a0d54fc235d1969cb739ede5da1b3a1 SHA-256: 3f0a5a65f80164e641c61cd368c0e4835ff41833da1a6c1335ed5d1d3316350b
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious File

The file is identified as malicious by ML classification and ClamAV, which specifically flags it as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874'. The presence of an XFA form and an AcroForm button with an action trigger suggests an attempt to exploit PDF vulnerabilities. An embedded artifact, a decompressed PDF stream, further indicates a potential exploit delivery mechanism. The document body contains obfuscated text, typical of exploit-laden PDFs.

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
8803b4edde288f791bffce85f2b68c9a532830d02a57c2a9b884e823d84a2673
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1469 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).