Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1aa5588830b3c9b0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

10.5 KB
MD5: e4972399a73a92844b9a99124007d0e4 SHA-1: 7fdb071f912f2f421592e922baa0d58e64af9860 SHA-256: 1aa5588830b3c9b0148724f4ecc468e9def221aa6ee6bec75d379f8273b83cdd
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including ML classification and ClamAV detection for obfuscated objects. The presence of an embedded file, named 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin', further suggests malicious intent. The document body itself is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, reinforcing the conclusion that the file is designed to hide its true purpose.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
  • Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED
    PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • 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
embedded_file_obj0001.bin
79d5e1630cb7e098fe8d13ec1296e1c351147c0623cfe6d5261fae5240f990b5
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x90 13408 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).