Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8d062d82eff37420…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: f0f3bbba5502a135c6ea15f0bb11cafe SHA-1: 8100847e5e6e21048feddb18e2ec7d551b2cdabb SHA-256: 8d062d82eff37420b536728f97dd40f00789f756c10d1cafa38d9afb4c01063b
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The critical ClamAV detection and high ML classifier score strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of XFA forms and AcroForm buttons are common techniques used in PDF exploits. The file is identified as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874, suggesting it's a known exploit leveraging PDF vulnerabilities to deliver a 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
6b4a0c1c203cf03e4f2213755d9eb65622faa78e30b16e4cdf138e58e17e1d56
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).