Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ed4b33c71b834481…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 296c713a3264836f8801d052a7cc2087 SHA-1: e4891c7888967233310631a605113cf7afab0b4a SHA-256: ed4b33c71b83448106b511e89e138019f951b9cb719371d5e7b35d25a2167a87
110 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The critical ClamAV detection and high ML classifier score strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of an XFA form and an AcroForm button with an action trigger are common techniques used in PDF exploits. The embedded artifact, a decompressed PDF stream, likely contains the exploit code. The specific ClamAV signature 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874' suggests a known exploit, likely for delivering 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
18e3a59a00a3ac5726604b63714a84bbdab07ac8ee6fc6e7b0ceebfc39175cc4
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1396 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).