Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 59bc26b0236b22a8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 47267487dbd4bc4074edc2244f45fe24 SHA-1: fe19f70f6dab2370e499d14aaf2385567dcd6609 SHA-256: 59bc26b0236b22a80184a5a3255b9534a7c4a56ccdff15a63b6f343723031902
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874, indicating it contains an exploit. The presence of XFA forms and AcroForm buttons with action triggers are common indicators of malicious PDF documents designed to exploit vulnerabilities. The file likely attempts 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
6ef205fa02af9264721daecd2a0a81e72ac44aff47d27ad453e0116c6405cad3
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1469 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).