Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d258196c2cd426d4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 944a5f9fb355126f932bcadc1a0bb218 SHA-1: 2a0454b64b27bd58f0399042ed828d846a9a78b1 SHA-256: d258196c2cd426d4cf7434c98d17e62d9b2c6dd309cac986cdf3672c65e56f41
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1559.001 Component Object Model Hijacking

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 with action triggers suggests an attempt to leverage PDF features for malicious purposes. The extracted 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
df4e9ed83fe5722e091e5a3cb07c0257235d65970a55ded95c8b028400b9fc6a
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1455 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).