Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f9582b3c26ed675c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 6fb36ef7cbfb57360a882895dc7c1984 SHA-1: af13a4b6fd330bf8211f5b5b01be6d4eac7f7177 SHA-256: f9582b3c26ed675cc6558eb0658b926347218864f82ff98abd4a2cf95bf17aa6
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious File

The file is a PDF document identified by ClamAV as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874, indicating a known exploit. The presence of XFA forms and AcroForm buttons with action triggers further suggests the document is designed to exploit PDF viewer vulnerabilities. The extracted document body contains obfuscated text, likely part of the exploit mechanism.

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
be9413dad27937922e1945aefbdabbff108589b92d5bc81b463e8bee4112ec53
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1446 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).