Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9751dab217c55d8f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 4979f772b9c3ba33e7669355eaf31c2c SHA-1: 75c1e4b4d876224a9acc6d4f2fea987681a3bacf SHA-256: 9751dab217c55d8ffe296a595b030a91069ef4df06f563e9369adfa66c6cb742
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 a known exploit. Static triage also flagged a suspicious long encoded blob within an extracted stream artifact. The presence of XFA forms and AcroForm buttons further suggests an attempt to embed and trigger malicious actions within the PDF structure.

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
cf39292642be7df87c6531ab4d148ed72eea0662864e6dd2d5c6542f0d92b619
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1393 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).