Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 50689c79d4fbacb1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

10.4 KB
MD5: 6a70968375203397bedf4f2425902767 SHA-1: 07f99bbb8767b3fb2429138c2e36cc7053824a14 SHA-256: 50689c79d4fbacb1a9f497bb7a38a7909c502d48ebb15848823a403111f84e04
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1553.005 Subvert Trust Controls: Mark-of-the-Web Bypass

The PDF file exhibits obfuscation, as detected by ClamAV's Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject rule. Additionally, it contains an embedded file, which is a common technique for delivering malicious payloads. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, providing no direct clues about the lure. The embedded file is the primary indicator of malicious intent.

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
c539eaa3e97c0fd10e0c452b0543b9ed1e4e60121de8b508602fef2a333deeef
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x82 13408 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).