Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 240e153971d69774…

MALICIOUS

PDF

10.4 KB
MD5: 2886468bc637710bd52fad8b2f63fa49 SHA-1: dfd6ef26c5bb407c95acc896ce0e9f9928490c70 SHA-256: 240e153971d69774523b0b9de5c5b75df1d4e5844ce53a01ca6b2f98e3121cc2
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains an embedded object, flagged by ClamAV as Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject, indicating malicious intent. This embedded object, named 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin', is likely a secondary payload. The XFA form suggests a potential for exploiting form-based vulnerabilities.

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
3437dd26d10b0d49e15e62b3b0a23c69c8c75488deb46d3b1d1db71a7fdd21b1
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x80 13408 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).