Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ac2f98c031e2d46f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 0e52a5bc3129ec26892326ae7e649d92 SHA-1: 246df5a9f3cc6e28b4b21cba64ef66f4070aaa12 SHA-256: ac2f98c031e2d46f03edaa2fa1e3ca7cbbbb3f495397a5cd9138a2fae812e2f0
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF document that has been flagged by multiple detection engines, including ClamAV, as malicious. The presence of XFA forms and AcroForm buttons with action triggers suggests an attempt to exploit PDF vulnerabilities. The ML classifier output of 0.999296 further supports the malicious nature of the file. The specific ClamAV detection name 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874' indicates a known exploit within PDF documents.

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
1fac9cd88852f9859b6c22b925659d0ff382f4fd378bc8fd6efe7f3d39a39dfb
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1455 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).