Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4bc31e8124ccdb42…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: ee42ad237ec2d28bd457db8e10e6336d SHA-1: 1a85d84eeebeb6edda3e473d6f441e87a223a59c SHA-256: 4bc31e8124ccdb42980da62cd603617766e5ab5e58622467ede1ae4291cd0ae4
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF document identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The presence of an XFA form and an AcroForm button with an action trigger suggests an exploit is embedded within the PDF. The ML classifier output of 0.999296 further strengthens the malicious classification. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and heuristic firings indicate it's designed to exploit a vulnerability and likely deliver 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
3c36fcd17b390a87119e3eccdfde15b7c49648dfc5ddba4f2c3a2742e2c08f3e
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1474 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).