Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c72fe5ed0cc6eb23…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 68172f5b935f88da5652441bda44f8bb SHA-1: 4ededada12e58ee1eed439fde0a23a85a0aa17ed SHA-256: c72fe5ed0cc6eb23c87cdb4a294c7afd56aa98507e240eac0e403a8f9effbf30
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF document identified by ClamAV as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874, indicating a known exploit. The presence of XFA forms and AcroForm buttons further suggests the document is designed to trigger an exploit. The embedded artifact 'stream_001_off000008ed.bin' likely contains the exploit payload.

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
67e558cf39014ba12c3fe95b72ef5fa232c22b281143a9a9e4ab99ed8e4c5260
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1490 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).