Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fc31fd201fb32c6a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 60fe73bff0f0d9d2bd5dd03deb15a504 SHA-1: 05303e3b89aaf9846f4250865e81d1232c93fe7e SHA-256: fc31fd201fb32c6af1ee91900b6bb93713e636daaaaff9797578f4da66f6caf2
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 form elements and an AcroForm button with an action trigger further suggests malicious intent, likely to exploit a PDF vulnerability. The extracted document body contains obfuscated text, which is typical for exploit-laden documents attempting to hide their malicious 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
bb634589165973955ba746f5b4ef3a8b28f606fb58e699503c1730ca1983f9b2
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).