Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1260c36673226a55…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.0 KB First seen: 2026-06-10
MD5: d0a032b77440a5fa67df11ae92478c70 SHA-1: 3610c1b698b21aa5c86a19d524f5d8319647da13 SHA-256: 1260c36673226a55bbafc96608f5a5bf893850707b7ef7041cd88fa7a565d037
130 Risk Score

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 2

  • Base64-encoded Windows executable payload in PDF critical PDF_BASE64_PE_PAYLOAD
    PDF text contains a long base64 blob that decodes to a verified Windows PE executable. This catches payloads hidden after EOF, inside comments, or in plain text outside normal PDF streams.
  • Suspicious extracted artifact high 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
base64_pdf_pe_00000284.exe embedded-pe PDF raw base64 PE payload at offset 0x284 51712 bytes
SHA-256: e91d771dd04aabf24300ad0b96ba141bd7f4ed65b761666c7d8853775bcfba2e
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
actual_type=PE; declared_or_context_type=PDF; filename=base64_pdf_pe_00000284.exe; kind=embedded-pe Static shellcode analysis recovered command string(s): PowerShell