Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ed61863ee2ac850a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 87338ec8ed328ea6727d0e5232f6819a SHA-1: f435f90bfa971ef36bafef06e14ccc1e65ca10e0 SHA-256: ed61863ee2ac850ae32e7f1da9e9cf286be5c6c517b74004e3ae99f623dddca6
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The critical ClamAV heuristic firing indicates this PDF is known to exploit vulnerabilities, likely leading to arbitrary code execution. The presence of XFA forms and AcroForm buttons further suggests an attempt to leverage PDF features for malicious purposes. The extracted artifact 'stream_001_off000008ed.bin' is a suspicious component that warrants further investigation.

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
0c9bf5baf9c2e975175ee88c277be5f0795dd9e31e41516a9902ec8987f296e6
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1443 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).