Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b76b9e23cb2d6d0d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 32308af7f7a0976cf3a1f558921f2e15 SHA-1: e97a759fa18a9809e1ccb252c1d7290b1f87886e SHA-256: b76b9e23cb2d6d0dc4dfcdbc5332f28887528f54dfb881e0bbe87f57ae6a8a32
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF document identified as malicious by ML classification and ClamAV with the signature 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874'. The presence of an XFA form and an AcroForm button with an action trigger suggests an attempt to exploit PDF vulnerabilities. An embedded, decompressed stream artifact was also detected, further indicating malicious intent.

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
c9f0f751fe58b44d13cab7da18f0846d2e41c63c70d8b17d4fcc268fb6bee16d
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1411 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).