Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d2890ed1cabaf70e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 78477e625018df1bb51977b9baaba94e SHA-1: d9c041cabc20b141056648ed6fc3f40cf2b83d26 SHA-256: d2890ed1cabaf70ef40d97bc86a08fe6befa6b4fe7887a6fb885aa09e4733fd5
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF document was identified as malicious by ClamAV with the signature Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874. Static analysis revealed the presence of XFA forms and AcroForm buttons with action triggers, common components in PDF exploits. An embedded, decompressed stream artifact was also detected, suggesting the document contains a payload or exploit 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
1b77b8da24b8003aea0ea0c034a5957a5d2be2e9512fe6be5da1054ade9cd017
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1383 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).