Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c05c0b92888e4029…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 34ef41184c1baf9410ea2c97b348010f SHA-1: f63aaa2896599adaec44d04b9999b71b6a3535e6 SHA-256: c05c0b92888e4029aef068c814c602fcb176674787d3b899f45ff8ac8df5a26c
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File

The critical ClamAV detection and high ML classifier score strongly indicate malicious intent. The PDF contains an XFA form and an AcroForm button with an action trigger, common elements in exploit-laden PDFs. The embedded artifact 'stream_001_off000008ed.bin' is likely the exploit code. The document body text is obfuscated and does not provide clear user-facing lures.

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
857d306e4c47ec976e0bac8db79b4ded59475c1c13d5f1ab23ea23ad4c31902a
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).