Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 81965bdbbd621b56…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 04efaef05ef1927cfb66f82408a4d555 SHA-1: fbfc6a3271bb16d64f99915cb0f6ec3233d24c32 SHA-256: 81965bdbbd621b56b56336b01ddd196c4806ee83e9d2f613b0d4d499f7bfb55c
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically identifying it as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874'. The presence of XFA forms and AcroForm buttons with action triggers suggests an attempt to exploit PDF vulnerabilities. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and heuristic firings indicate a malicious PDF designed to exploit a vulnerability and likely deliver a secondary payload.

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
553fe448ba096b184f7267e5cc67cf621b4c8593c7ed1d15073556360d85e777
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1414 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).