Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa7e9252f34ad8c6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 86b9772a5dc2db5ba189020a0ea43dcc SHA-1: 44fb6c21cdee7f7f882641430b6a3cc21a004bf6 SHA-256: fa7e9252f34ad8c6c8e3eeb09de81b4deaafbaf996c68af7c12de17ca05dba65
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

The critical ClamAV heuristic firing indicates this PDF is recognized as a known exploit, specifically 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874'. The presence of an XFA form and an AcroForm button with an action trigger further supports the likelihood of an exploit being embedded within the document structure. The extracted file 'stream_001_off000008ed.bin' is also flagged as suspicious due to its size and encoding, suggesting it may contain the exploit 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
13471458f1f7f0d28a69a7f2265d30c3c88f2f6609216b448d6f609277af6e55
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1432 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).