Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5576b3bb4dfeacc5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: d4e38a91800209e133e04c94b41d0140 SHA-1: 9f10eebb5ef8a5912384422f7b2adc041fe15525 SHA-256: 5576b3bb4dfeacc5826d26c378401886e043f3268338ef9b6828a4e788815ed9
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF document flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically identified as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874. Static analysis indicates the presence of XFA forms and AcroForm buttons with action triggers, suggesting an exploit is embedded within the PDF structure. The ML classifier output of 0.999296 strongly supports the malicious verdict.

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
30703b639f835f787b964fe9fb360415e5edd6a98e2e7c09ecbfba8469dd06c0
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1435 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).