PDF malware analysis — malicious · a757997b49eaccb9

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6

MD5: 6ce6a4a91dc52087c03423abb5e8217c SHA-1: f203b5c2a4780b022aa225fea0823efa6c6d7c24 SHA-256: a757997b49eaccb97bf37ad671708751bb957bcd0dd3239e1fc9290bb0ea61f3

78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.001 PowerShell

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV with the signature Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874, indicating a known PDF exploit. The presence of XFA forms and AcroForm buttons with action triggers further suggests malicious intent within the PDF structure. While no specific script was extracted, the exploit likely leverages embedded content to achieve its objective, such as downloading a second-stage payload.

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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`stream_001_off000008ed.bin` `881e825c79704d88ee5001d946e89395dfd67e0e01689e0163e97308cb2f61b6`	decompressed-pdf-stream	PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED	1415 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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