Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f0f658ff9a3f425c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 93b68bfce0157f9bdb569a3dfaabc666 SHA-1: 32709f3004cb85c4ae4f2a423b6530fe6195ca39 SHA-256: f0f658ff9a3f425cafd778ac0f74b02ca20f261572657f22b3cc4a7ee28ce39b
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious File Execution T1204.002 Malicious File Execution: User Execution: Malicious File

The critical ClamAV heuristic firing indicates this PDF is recognized as a known exploit, specifically 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874'. The presence of XFA forms and AcroForm buttons with action triggers further suggests the document is designed to exploit PDF vulnerabilities. The decompressed stream artifact likely contains the exploit code. The document body text is garbled and unreadable, providing no contextual clues about the lure, but the technical indicators strongly point to a malicious PDF exploit.

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
9fdd315a98e7de7421b35effdef73535b05003dce5100ab8cfcb1fa52111886e
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1442 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).