Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4ba619421bb56ad1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 8757260d96669b15ad4d77e46609100d SHA-1: 467dc1a34ac9c1f254ced1b7f91b3f478c00da48 SHA-256: 4ba619421bb56ad14325d3910828c0506a0d1ce554372deb162a5086eb0baa37
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 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874', strongly suggesting it exploits a known PDF vulnerability. The presence of XFA forms and AcroForm buttons further supports the likelihood of an exploit being embedded. While no specific script was extracted, the file's nature points towards a downloader or dropper.

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
5b713d73ef6efe244adeadeda8504bf1f06f6433399da324d4060a382e559769
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1441 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).