Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ea5dde465e5d3d5c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 11260c1087342109b133478d2d3d697a SHA-1: 96ea77c1dcaf66febae40a7ee2a2c4353792a4bc SHA-256: ea5dde465e5d3d5c620b5e25232146b263c51dd25c2e6ff90444521b099a8c70
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier. The presence of XFA forms and AcroForm buttons with action triggers suggests an attempt to exploit PDF vulnerabilities. The ML classifier output of 0.999296 strongly indicates malicious intent. While no specific script was extracted, the 'Suspicious extracted artifact' heuristic points to a long encoded blob, likely containing exploit code or a downloader for a secondary payload.

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
67945b55c892175e1be27b84ef7356eb28921e43260a6ff9918bf243f8009e28
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1439 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).