Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4e80d1dcfb90aeac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

10.4 KB
MD5: 0e5797033340dfd0473d6870dc5b2e19 SHA-1: e9795adeb6ccd67d3af1ed84b1a9f69cbad82421 SHA-256: 4e80d1dcfb90aeac546436220c655cf1876ace8f00ae295c35ab9c9a912d2bd2
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1557 Trusted Relationship

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV with 'Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject', indicating obfuscation techniques were used. Additionally, a PDF_EMBEDDED heuristic fired, confirming the presence of an embedded file named 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin'. This embedded file is the primary indicator of malicious intent, suggesting the document is a lure to trick the user into opening a potentially harmful 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
4a2b12505b72dadde81784bc87f8bd4148f449367530848e237b9b50c7901375
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x76 13408 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).