Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 29a98e9c7e7d8f7f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

10.4 KB
MD5: b13bd81c650769195c269ff20bb79e15 SHA-1: c65429025b0570bd14e35402f11a94edde90cb5b SHA-256: 29a98e9c7e7d8f7fcf6a894291a0bb0920f337afe6b2eaf526764f4175ab50ce
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains an embedded binary artifact, indicated by the 'PDF_EMBEDDED' heuristic and the 'EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE' finding. The ClamAV detection 'Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject' further suggests malicious intent. The embedded file is the primary indicator of compromise, likely intended to be executed by the user.

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
98e936ddecc7cad9eee63ff5faa67d89d3bc91b7d81ed31196d6c9182992e203
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x84 13408 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).