Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bdcbc08206fd75a0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: dc5db15efe38e5ed0aa483faeca86ea2 SHA-1: 48100b04ae3a94e7e1db9878c0024a49ad42fef8 SHA-256: bdcbc08206fd75a003e0bc096c242912c8eb03bcb0f4e4632d8caa507503343c
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as malicious by ML classification and ClamAV, specifically as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874'. Static analysis revealed XFA form elements and an AcroForm button with an action trigger, common in PDF exploits. An embedded, decompressed stream artifact suggests the presence of exploit code. The overall pattern points to a malicious PDF leveraging an exploit to deliver a payload.

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
32c1247e6f566eb4db3c50c4d58e7bea904a9e323003eb08ba383ebf57be0f67
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1425 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).