Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d2b7b3943b422469…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 7811a4882e062dc027d4d3ae136ee9ed SHA-1: c9fb9ec1d3018bb21b6660f3445ba271c900c025 SHA-256: d2b7b3943b4224699cfe54b44e90810d906231d15740f1ab0ade3d8d7a0a6211
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF document was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874, indicating a known exploit. Static triage also identified a suspicious extracted artifact, a long encoded blob, which further supports the malicious nature of the file. The presence of XFA forms and AcroForm buttons suggests an attempt to embed interactive elements that could be leveraged for exploitation.

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
0fd7177980559b2ff0b5084e580023644262119555d1d86fda9901d1c19e95db
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1445 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).