Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c1145d8947898d70…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: b8ffe1f9c019ddad1643bf8a5b8c2ae4 SHA-1: 737ff83691f76203038a21e76e1859493a07a621 SHA-256: c1145d8947898d7012f1d356a4c84bbc2428e2d5d2268ebbdf14c59ba92502d7
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The critical ClamAV detection and high ML classifier score strongly indicate malicious intent. The PDF contains XFA form elements and AcroForm buttons with action triggers, common in exploit delivery. The embedded artifact 'stream_001_off000008ed.bin' is a suspicious decompressed PDF stream, likely containing exploit code. The file is identified as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874, suggesting it exploits a known PDF vulnerability.

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
5584aef33bc1788c8e45221e288296f7f3677d84dd81d4cd738cee7938283614
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1428 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).