Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 58f351441b73bb56…

MALICIOUS

PDF

10.4 KB
MD5: 290e6cf5feaad17979c94c8f0fe7cbd8 SHA-1: 0f4b29a8f37656056bd5cd3248c6c10b1ebf73a3 SHA-256: 58f351441b73bb560b18dbe1e28884934a5c602ec669f5d3a862539593549eb1
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information

The PDF was flagged for obfuscation and contains an embedded binary file, which is a common technique for delivering malware. The ClamAV detection 'Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject' further supports the malicious nature of the file. The embedded file, 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin', is likely the secondary 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
54b961445268e5bd6a2b8dd600603e7925c957eab4a6ca9ffaf695db5a384442
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).