Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c64c5258975b13de…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 6de9b660aa847dc26180946ecd7f7817 SHA-1: 8149e63476a0e8429cbd40a807337dfa742b35e1 SHA-256: c64c5258975b13de842d23c59ff5fc0a03a81547f75c1d522ea1bdede7a59a0b
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The critical ClamAV heuristic firing indicates this PDF exploits a known vulnerability, likely targeting PDF viewers. The presence of an XFA form and an AcroForm button with an action trigger further supports this, as these features are often abused in PDF exploits. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, but the exploit signature is sufficient for a high-confidence assessment.

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
b41289d491e9e7b9858cd8f76e272c3e68f0856196ac872e063d0fc78187ef21
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1513 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).