Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e2f3174115173b00…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 88665b02f271a648210fe46b8a354fdf SHA-1: a8663599818d57cf9e2c0b17d2f84db682e3859f SHA-256: e2f3174115173b007a4d3f2c9eb3da4cf09643e8a8ec3a14faad3117b39068a7
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 a known exploit. The presence of XFA forms and AcroForm buttons with action triggers further suggests the document is designed to exploit PDF viewer vulnerabilities. The extracted artifact 'stream_001_off000008ed.bin' likely contains the exploit code.

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
64f17eb211d0753cd4ef7204f5e9b7e2cc54caa0dbcc051cdc61cf0ca27eed98
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1425 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).