Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f6caa32a6572786c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 7bc5107b11a05d279536a4344535fb48 SHA-1: 64fa5c093064c3706a8c38357a012b2d122980a4 SHA-256: f6caa32a6572786ccdddc4123fca65ffd2da0083de1d26536fba5444e4159b55
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1055 Process Injection

The file is a PDF document that contains an XFA form and an AcroForm button with an action trigger, indicating it is designed to be interactive and potentially exploit vulnerabilities. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874' strongly suggests a known PDF exploit. The presence of a suspicious, long encoded blob within an embedded stream further supports the exploit vector.

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
d677d1bb8b88060a8e8ef5f9158a06f2a4359beb9b3fe876b778183233d0b1cd
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1476 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).