Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f884014b0baf2e82…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 8848942ad925c5293dfeff69c31bc6d6 SHA-1: 8faea4ed3bb2821a99abc65ec2392199e13af43d SHA-256: f884014b0baf2e82823bfdcba4dbaa228c0e926215aca54e72edb32a87c98a36
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.001 PowerShell

The critical ClamAV heuristic firing indicates this PDF is known to exploit vulnerabilities, specifically identified as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874. The presence of XFA forms and AcroForm buttons further suggests an attempt to leverage interactive elements for exploitation. While no specific script was extracted, the file's structure and the ClamAV signature point towards a malicious PDF designed to deliver a payload.

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
ddcb7d964210006c85e955f14e1dcd2af11bdbd9eba5435143d1b5750d171c67
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1439 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).