Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 df230650633b32f3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 7e28e788b5dc00859dc35633e9d50fa2 SHA-1: dd67d5f1ec50b7234cfe10ef11862c989a58a282 SHA-256: df230650633b32f33396d366001e6ac8a9e0b2af058d1b3575fd2c8a3b5189b0
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.001 PowerShell

The critical ClamAV heuristic 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874' strongly indicates a known PDF exploit. The presence of XFA forms and AcroForm buttons further supports the likelihood of a crafted PDF designed to trigger an exploit. While no specific script was extracted, the exploit likely leverages embedded content to download and execute a second-stage 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
540bc8345fd7e4efab860ede09def3e5cce406abca64b4771dd0d9d1dc31c6fc
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).