Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 866bf1d5e82a2e66…

MALICIOUS

PDF

65.4 KB First seen: 2026-06-08
MD5: ce936320a0c5ba5998c15749cbcee2dc SHA-1: 836aef3ed2286566e7138b6ae556521c24b6f7ec SHA-256: 866bf1d5e82a2e6610f234ba6ad406264e91a0fb3e73e29c1ecac32eb55a1fce
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 49664 bytes
SHA-256: a102c8c2cae0682143851b5620e08ea2d7daa173a26768a90ff3e78be7a6b6d7
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 recovered command string(s): PowerShell