Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 208356dd2b9a6a73…

MALICIOUS

PDF

66.7 KB First seen: 2026-06-11
MD5: 7e8e409305d84a08e85a061186a0a549 SHA-1: afc8c21282b4a7b7718e6720eb2970d199f6190a SHA-256: 208356dd2b9a6a73163df10a403d94a8897ad94472bbf46996c2a0e0197498d9
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 50688 bytes
SHA-256: 19aab283824d46e3ceb3e13f7073810b7c5148e807759852878fcaf79d0e0129
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