Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e683276ee1790004…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 0691781a9715e16ee016ed4c4230fb4f SHA-1: 8a14c39c98495411a79873f61865eca9b0ff1c1c SHA-256: e683276ee1790004f079c83cb52efa49553364c56a7375f56288a0d091580c75
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically identifying it as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874. The presence of XFA forms and AcroForm buttons with action triggers suggests an attempt to exploit PDF vulnerabilities. The ML classifier's high output score further supports the malicious nature of the file.

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
4704dadc062f7eef8dccca1c58d8d352b684d9994e5134b4326125624abf1e50
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1407 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).