Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 44bdd2e6009f18a1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 1ff48a6460fa42f21ccdff7ce8cc1b4c SHA-1: 89ec05abde080565f21cb84ca5c12ec082510158 SHA-256: 44bdd2e6009f18a17256f4bbad4ea7e6e15b3ac272b5b84dc641fd044a1cd400
110 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File

The file is a PDF document detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874. Static analysis indicates the presence of XFA forms and AcroForm buttons with action triggers, suggesting an exploit attempt. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF with high confidence. The embedded artifact, a decompressed PDF stream, likely contains the exploit code.

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
682e7db309292b5bb1a946fbcc01f6a882ac3947aef825fc4b9388aa5662acd1
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1407 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).