Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4b6d161ca3e68f33…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: e9f8dacc48130227652eaab0652ff550 SHA-1: 00c8ba6cf67fbe08f12a0948c9d4e79dd35cc8ff SHA-256: 4b6d161ca3e68f336c2744b9f3ec02779b7b14471752d045db83da3f8702ad3e
110 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File

The critical ClamAV detection and high ML classifier score strongly indicate a malicious PDF. The presence of an XFA form and an AcroForm button with an action trigger are common techniques for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities. The ML classifier output of 0.999329 further supports the malicious nature of the file, likely delivering a second-stage payload.

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
c7384d95ebcbfe0692d27cfabbd0621b0175632ff57235b61f146c641a26cf77
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1424 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).