Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c8f6bb087a7f7d13…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 7b2c6b962fa4aa93d3adbad98ae28241 SHA-1: 2a1b098f3268c0fd00f2e78172527b6d191c5762 SHA-256: c8f6bb087a7f7d13af61252fade546f46df131a70c3ff2299c02829ff8cc9df0
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious File

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV with the signature Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874. Static analysis revealed the presence of an XFA form and an AcroForm button with an action trigger, indicating potential exploit code. An embedded, decompressed PDF stream was also found, further suggesting an exploit attempt.

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
8eb6bb7c350b4dbd34ac2dea17616847d1bb3ce27f1090c3e50ed1c2ead0aa86
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1436 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).