Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f943a5da9c240195…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 58eb3e6ec6a0c649e4bdb18c52708ab9 SHA-1: 25d8a6877a45775e2faf9b61e3e1db7dd417f208 SHA-256: f943a5da9c240195bfc79af3cd35412f45b79cf15f4c9389238da9b8e3152cc2
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874, indicating a known exploit. Static triage also identified a suspicious extracted artifact, a long encoded blob within a decompressed PDF stream. The presence of XFA forms and AcroForm buttons further suggests an attempt to embed and trigger malicious actions within the PDF structure.

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
fc3e0ecfd95522a47767134e10f8d04abf1085867b1051d745a55be49b4af4e7
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1435 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).