Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8059b69c6786cd6d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 67365fd67ffdf3b9f85eb49fdf7aa908 SHA-1: dc646c8618e87b35179c8c77f826bf2e357565bc SHA-256: 8059b69c6786cd6d231b8e87db7851995b4c55f89bc032c0bfbe2333dd4a064c
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious File

The file is a PDF document identified by ClamAV as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874, indicating it contains an exploit. The presence of XFA forms and AcroForm buttons further suggests interactive elements designed to trigger malicious actions. The extracted document body contains obfuscated text, likely part of the exploit payload or lure, but does not provide clear user-facing content. The primary attack vector is likely the exploitation of a PDF viewer vulnerability.

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
22ea3a3afd4fa7e92df6c8bab1f62029bfd353f95f213b5ed3bdbeddd01b87f8
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1404 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).