Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2cc533772de0407c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.5 KB
MD5: a7c1d7f41b817597ddeb4fa1544986e5 SHA-1: 57314b86258f129e127985bbe7e7850faa2b1e83 SHA-256: 2cc533772de0407c122bc9bd36299989f2d88dfa2beeb53c00ff4b98dff2c2d6
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded objects and is flagged by ClamAV for obfuscated naming, indicating a potential exploit. The presence of an embedded file suggests an attempt to deliver a secondary payload. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing a clear understanding of its user-facing lure.

Heuristics 3

  • 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

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0001.bin
97c2d2d4d632e8010f6bfaf56d1d81068a4f9754ab2ab61fa22e6743fbf53344
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x80 13584 bytes