Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 844f208a64f5844d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 3fe27d825d09c9ad5034fa6f228269f1 SHA-1: a2707375c6f660dbf210265e9137090aeb9db8e1 SHA-256: 844f208a64f5844d2be760a7a5157691195b73ad89f6ef4f85aa43dbc4b0fb5b
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874, indicating it contains an exploit. The presence of an XFA form and an AcroForm button with an action trigger further suggests malicious intent, likely to execute embedded code or redirect the user. The decompressed stream contains a long encoded blob, typical of exploit payloads.

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
ea8252c67f6114fcecf895f6035ca08449dc3da58da8470f9f95f54477de3ee1
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1504 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).