Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4e1c8c007bc6a3b4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.0 KB First seen: 2026-06-08
MD5: 5ae415bf4f9300596a7c9e317dab7727 SHA-1: 6de91eb1e8131556faa94a7d9e2705dd7e3cb1e9 SHA-256: 4e1c8c007bc6a3b463fc6fae5b7bd0855a5078e0068f7211e9db0a06ee828438
130 Risk Score

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9870

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 53248 bytes
SHA-256: 4eddd6d84366bcf0817088e9dda640ee71709bdc56d2ba489b87e2db6f663e8b
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 found candidate code region(s). Indicators: SC_PUSH_STRING, SC_STR_VIRTUALALLOC, SC_STR_POWERSHELL Static shellcode analysis recovered API/import strings: VirtualAlloc, VirtualAllocEx, WriteProcessMemory, CreateRemoteThread, OpenProcess Static shellcode analysis recovered command string(s): PowerShell