Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 43e793b42f40af2b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

66.7 KB First seen: 2026-06-11
MD5: f5e50ab9355419efbf4b1b2ea5035dd3 SHA-1: 83eb5b97d3331b5e805f7094f84c3b0dd1977f5d SHA-256: 43e793b42f40af2bdc9883f66d870c1f1bdb969705137a792c6b5ba3bd2dc8e7
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: 9eba7a77b4348c3de253c93b6f0d9fb99915bbe14d7fb2e8203abb1fe12c47b0
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