Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cb7f35db9f69b2b7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: a97675fade00473f3bed48d8960da03c SHA-1: f0de35e8428b899f5e3aa359184f8a6baacccfd0 SHA-256: cb7f35db9f69b2b7c31b47c0e2c590aab795d6c16718d5688bb60fc6937a5df1
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious File T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution: Malicious Attachment

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier. The presence of XFA forms and an AcroForm button with an action trigger suggests an attempt to exploit PDF vulnerabilities. The ML classifier output of 0.999296 strongly indicates malicious intent, likely for delivering a second-stage payload.

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
03542ff172b8c552ef0c97d153a853bcafbacf14979342fd2888a560bb1d85ad
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1453 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).