Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b3630d675bd23514…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 8370b00a3a62db67cd5a4279235430be SHA-1: 2be2a3359b66bfc9eb06fdd57ba4faf9c37091b8 SHA-256: b3630d675bd235145cce7015551e3693c48db4d872c0b220aac449812a7852ac
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious File

The critical ClamAV heuristic firing indicates this PDF is recognized as a known exploit, specifically 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874'. The presence of XFA forms and AcroForm buttons further suggests an attempt to leverage PDF features for malicious purposes, likely to trigger an exploit. While no specific script was extracted, the file's structure and the ClamAV detection strongly point towards a malicious PDF designed to exploit a vulnerability.

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
371c83448436e3d88f38531186dd8a87dd73c08417a1b4dc958eb7efee3a9a7e
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).