Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 466be8cbcacd1503…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 90738c809f5a60d6378054077b476fd6 SHA-1: a5b15f7eedaedcffcecb0756c2b78d282245bbb1 SHA-256: 466be8cbcacd15031384e58798445cdd5d6f05eab9dc7a1ca4cdc90c2bfd5e03
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link 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 the file is designed to trigger an exploit. The embedded binary artifact likely contains the malicious 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
36f1454b2c5cde48d12049826460bab2abbe9f9bd2b6232462c2167c3aa99ecd
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1490 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).