Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 416e1ee00cee060f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 9158d133ef9245a4f10012288efe6238 SHA-1: 1f1f9a95501fdc8147ec151daf8ea5ea9797e2ee SHA-256: 416e1ee00cee060f3a9cd9ac9cbcb052fda85138a9f723180ef42b5084d6aaae
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File

The critical ClamAV heuristic firing indicates this PDF is recognized as a known exploit, specifically 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874'. The presence of XFA forms and AcroForm buttons further suggests an attempt to leverage PDF features for exploitation. While no specific script was extracted, the combination of these factors strongly points to a malicious PDF designed to deliver a payload.

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
042d815a50460c00064af53d1c50498c2c07b37fad124947e72f9922bc278155
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1396 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).