Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a64a940e961896e4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 25146aa4144a1a0d4d7f74dcc9770075 SHA-1: 9959fd16e92602794eed9ac02ff5982058a67411 SHA-256: a64a940e961896e48d81661726a5126e84b1938e6dc07b4194310d0442dbb667
110 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File

The file is a PDF document identified by ClamAV as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874. Static analysis indicates the presence of an XFA form and an AcroForm button with an action trigger, suggesting an exploit is embedded within the PDF. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF with high confidence. The document body contains obfuscated text, further supporting the malicious nature of the file.

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
7a99804abe9373ebbb84fa4a56a6e2561cc6f85db923cc7d305404c97b2e9e68
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1476 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).