Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a1dd90e55d01329f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 403d1a3a5c9357fc039bfa0a9f59de89 SHA-1: 36992c71ba4791824bd906cc717beb0bb3bc1254 SHA-256: a1dd90e55d01329ff896450d4ed420483ff5769240d39e121e272b62e545f87e
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter

The file is a PDF document identified by ClamAV as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874, indicating a known exploit. The presence of XFA forms and AcroForm buttons with action triggers suggests the document is designed to leverage PDF vulnerabilities. The embedded binary artifact further supports the likelihood of exploit code execution.

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
f4c1359fa50db150fe2150c33b8b20a196bdefb60e73cff530a868ef9c5f94e2
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1421 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).