Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a4c6986ef0dcf4e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

10.5 KB
MD5: 8d2b60d7cc117a969c51cab145dbfb50 SHA-1: 28552b05d1b031e595711aeaab48ae24bc3221b5 SHA-256: 2a4c6986ef0dcf4e934dee1d09d544d3185cc26b1fb21125744f48af5f26257f
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file exhibits characteristics of malicious intent, including obfuscated content and an embedded binary file. The 'CLAMAV_DETECTION' heuristic specifically flags it as 'Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject', indicating a deliberate attempt to conceal its nature. The presence of an embedded file, 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin', strongly suggests that this PDF is a delivery mechanism for a secondary malicious payload.

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
3fb032bebf0e4687f880fabca73fe5299dad8e0cea92e1acc35774ab1febc3ad
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x86 13408 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).