Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ef0bd8e9136b0d3b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: d37d7f491eb7a66aab5e9c9085fbf339 SHA-1: 8c36e57c4cf90a3862bcde18a425adf73ffdedd0 SHA-256: ef0bd8e9136b0d3bb37f72072241a5253a4ebf3cffac88561199539c8e72ac8f
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1559.001 Component Object Model Hijacking

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically identified as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874. The presence of XFA forms and AcroForm buttons with action triggers suggests an attempt to exploit PDF viewer vulnerabilities. The embedded artifact, a decompressed PDF stream, likely contains the exploit code.

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
6f3fd39019ee459978ea2fb161818d0e7b3db1de203148768eae823cfd2c69d2
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).