Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e43e9c4d701bbf3b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 2247b50cd8496cfcc708cf761cd95997 SHA-1: 70fc1ce38b108fc51d8b60781c11df35d2da5f53 SHA-256: e43e9c4d701bbf3b529f76a5eaa1bf2222b7f5830886c2bfe2ae900b10bd769c
110 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The critical ClamAV detection and high ML classifier score strongly indicate malicious intent. The PDF contains XFA form elements and an AcroForm button with an action trigger, common vectors for exploit delivery. The embedded artifact, a decompressed PDF stream, likely contains the exploit code. The file is identified as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874 by ClamAV.

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
bb739932cc66c57d9add7784d59f90bed15f6ef485cef32f324f52e77a0a9d3a
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).