Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cce5d379a83f54a1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: c588da2dceb953f801bc55cee53fa337 SHA-1: 242ac6d3b59a297cae3ecd19161b05b9b9aea401 SHA-256: cce5d379a83f54a1509fc816fd149f23d0ef6a3f67503be08093086ec481541f
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874' and an ML classifier indicating a high probability of maliciousness. The presence of XFA forms and AcroForm buttons with action triggers suggests an attempt to exploit PDF vulnerabilities. An embedded, decompressed stream artifact was also identified, likely containing the exploit code or 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
db94a3f936a8290b0eb9bde9e1ef99cce25d1199bb3592bc75904f07232e358e
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1435 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).