Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4cce7bce43875dbd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 004d4cfd167006f982545e7e15eb5a2e SHA-1: 3f736e489632b947cf684e824e244c5fa4685e42 SHA-256: 4cce7bce43875dbd4b76adf7ffd23ef8c328985018777528f1405aeb195ae705
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The critical ClamAV detection and ML classifier firing strongly indicate a malicious PDF exploiting a known vulnerability. The presence of XFA forms and AcroForm buttons are common vectors for such exploits. The decompressed stream artifact suggests the presence of embedded malicious content designed to be executed.

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
5502e4a06645ee244ebd61fd33362924797a6e92fe7117aaee9e2453d8f23b11
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1375 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).