Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fdd0c954cd76e6b8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2011-09-08 05:03:17 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 9a22860dbac5eff3865492becb0eb786 SHA-1: 478f6a0968e056bf9fcb81fd518902799a141e99 SHA-256: fdd0c954cd76e6b8d639a83df0ce22aa7700d377b717587d08eefd69c10a645a
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was identified as malicious by ML classification and ClamAV, which specifically flagged it as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36874'. The presence of XFA forms and AcroForm buttons with action triggers are common characteristics of malicious PDFs. While no document body text was readable, the heuristics and ClamAV detection strongly indicate an exploit attempt within the PDF structure.

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
ce23bbbe3dc166b7c13022dabcec96cf0a24960e6fed49c34eb6919ff1093921
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8ED 1483 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).