Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a9e07fd9986fc0b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

10.4 KB
MD5: 9283dc09c60c54bc647f6b3a4ccb3d45 SHA-1: e44607f9ebe99b4ba7b2655640b2b3a88ad19dcb SHA-256: 4a9e07fd9986fc0bb0115e20a6c1fc9e0524018c3b9f6b307ff057b2cd35a6ef
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 the presence of an embedded file and obfuscated content, as flagged by ClamAV. The embedded file, named 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin', is a strong indicator of a dropper or exploit delivery mechanism. The XFA form and general obfuscation further suggest an attempt to evade detection.

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
5c0a6d51ae1205fc636445eec4b19fb6de32b97c5d907e2a02a835d0ce2a60ca
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x7C 13408 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).