Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fd58486f6c464c16…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 39d61778d569f8f4f7b82d70f1223d71 SHA-1: f033023aee3d8e1c2de02d2b4c932648aa4e1788 SHA-256: fd58486f6c464c16b981bf07e3f477729936af753b1ee6ced8764a18334c38b8
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV with the signature Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874. ML classification also strongly indicates maliciousness. The presence of an XFA form and an AcroForm button with an action trigger suggests an attempt to exploit PDF vulnerabilities. The ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS heuristic and the ClamAV detection point towards a known exploit, likely for delivering a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

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
ad45c4ad64ad60d1996610f4aab0172e414f01bce91e8e5e0a8df55ece819f09
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1415 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).