Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ce1e07dd9ca4893e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 88d3dfb5f999f9e627299bd9b2b2e04d SHA-1: 8594392bc2b5bd2e92863c93533ad2b9de9eae06 SHA-256: ce1e07dd9ca4893e065ebee6844c935368f90f6d8d8420d153eb1399aa6b76d8
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF document identified by ClamAV as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874. It contains an XFA form and an AcroForm button with an action trigger, indicating it is designed to exploit PDF vulnerabilities. The presence of a suspicious decompressed stream further supports this. The attack pattern involves luring the user into opening a malicious PDF that exploits a vulnerability to execute code.

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
cba4c06932950e78453fddeaddab6251998ed1c37ee8751c980deeb0cd525bb1
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1446 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).