Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a5cd6d8e6faee741…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 4762491e224bbb2f6a69325b9d082c2d SHA-1: 0d49af483aaea0a214b88e5c28ec95c6b0b8d714 SHA-256: a5cd6d8e6faee74165981d3b3f517946562ca045f392bad2d7923655246f2f70
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

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 interact with the user and potentially trigger an exploit. An embedded, decompressed PDF stream was also found, further supporting the exploit delivery mechanism.

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
26c0363f48b8dda65c157795e0c21afd74ceecf56dd622339715d96c9d9a7e5f
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1442 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).