Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d47b6dc753cba9df…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: f177d4c912dcbc40e007459044807997 SHA-1: 5ec283cfffd3d0a3c8d46a70f24dc9d793583045 SHA-256: d47b6dc753cba9dfe2f57082075a64df955f647339ed27b85be904ccf585f2b4
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874, and an ML classifier assigned a high probability of maliciousness. The presence of XFA forms and AcroForm buttons are common in malicious PDFs designed to exploit vulnerabilities. No document body text was available for analysis, but the heuristics strongly indicate a PDF exploit.

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
f41ad9a7bd979e19279076284b47a10dceeab6bb0e5bb323e4329d5d05f3f32b
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1443 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).