Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d590b1623f2c6ee2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: df89e49a12a582ac2f643ee84aa8fcd9 SHA-1: 841a4e6fd51ac1e039a096658c42d057cc92c676 SHA-256: d590b1623f2c6ee2bd77dd79bedbf89ffeb54c9b62b849d5e7387401bf75a9a9
110 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by ML classification and ClamAV, with the specific detection name Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874. The presence of XFA forms and AcroForm buttons suggests an attempt to leverage PDF features for exploitation. The ML classifier's high confidence score further supports the malicious nature. The embedded artifact, a decompressed PDF stream, likely contains the exploit code.

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
ee8011507fde74333585b3fc236573684c61402a6e59d802bb8881aee3716b7c
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1429 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).