Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 50b986001774d4e4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: aa25d6b911ca787575174db5929068f6 SHA-1: 285db78bdb6b9e2b6896190c99b9b896c0fce0f7 SHA-256: 50b986001774d4e4962a4bb5e8679e7c2929edab46ba8b676fb790fbe10764eb
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV (Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874) and a machine learning classifier. It contains an XFA form and an AcroForm button with an action trigger, common elements in PDF exploits. An embedded binary artifact was also detected, suggesting it may serve as a dropper for further malicious activity.

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
27d01be06c9e8d5f06872d8d1056af1ab642638eb739075f99fa1ef0ef1fa297
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1400 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).