Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fd944a74481b99ad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: f6ca197660f87925378935f3402eaff4 SHA-1: cebcdfb0b6e4209bb217c33228648d633bcdef47 SHA-256: fd944a74481b99ad0d9136ae322b012a62f935c7567fbca53645bc5e01dc39bd
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The critical ClamAV detection and high ML classifier score strongly indicate malicious intent. The PDF contains an XFA form and an AcroForm button with an action trigger, common elements in exploit-laden PDFs. The embedded artifact suggests a potential payload delivery mechanism, though its exact function is not detailed in the provided evidence.

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
4d370d9c4cbee3496bef235ef5a2da213c00c94426dd5d7873022c74356545b6
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1462 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).