Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e1da83eedcc478b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 4e898bfd88f95a7911015f425fbf3e87 SHA-1: 3d273aacdd8345731bf103a4ee9422210b65a91e SHA-256: e1da83eedcc478b243d6c281aeeda359cc149deec8474988312df406ba01fb58
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious File

The file is a PDF document identified by ClamAV as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874, indicating it likely exploits a known PDF vulnerability. The presence of XFA forms and AcroForm buttons with action triggers further suggests an exploit is embedded within the document structure. The decompressed stream contains a long encoded blob, typical of exploit payloads.

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
84249f8f50385326b5bff9c4764cf10b91557cf7d530f9bb8979d9e91ca97629
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1414 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).