Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 515cad0ae38cd46e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 6bf3438174597cc44f2af76d9f3cbebf SHA-1: abcca7b244a9671e17375054dea3f1e4af21f92a SHA-256: 515cad0ae38cd46e26b16c2d4845619d86dbd956ba61625595f0a39a4e5bb33e
78 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 with the signature Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874. Static analysis revealed an XFA form and an AcroForm button with an action trigger, indicating potential exploitability. An embedded, decompressed PDF stream was also found, suggesting the document is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload.

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
50670601ffd1bfe6528f0cafac044ed645458de95f71f4e7b5c2019fd03dc123
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1483 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).