Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bafebbed5611d531…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: f5612f1307c81ce9e4b350dd35d41994 SHA-1: 45134e6bdb65d28680b5950b0c99f8fc51fa4f6a SHA-256: bafebbed5611d531429f393322be76b0e7dc477b11f7c151bcdcd700a7040444
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate this PDF is malicious. The presence of an XFA form and an AcroForm button with an action trigger suggests an exploit is embedded within the PDF structure. The decompressed stream artifact further supports the likelihood of a malicious payload being delivered.

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
309f5ca34b8a5ffd4767ccfe8631983b1b11d1a6656867140f685da4a3e105cf
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1407 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).