Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 867f0c5a538d6667…

MALICIOUS

PDF

10.5 KB
MD5: 46ac33557d75ef73edf56e5e88b74364 SHA-1: 0d83dfdf78c46e571f4d7aab1d447e1c824d3d97 SHA-256: 867f0c5a538d6667960edbf641987bc77ec1b5cd673bee97ae8a6b88b43eee4d
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV with 'Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject', indicating a suspicious structure. Furthermore, a PDF_EMBEDDED heuristic indicates the presence of an embedded file, named 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin'. This strongly suggests the PDF is a container for a malicious payload, likely intended for exploitation upon opening or interaction by the user.

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
68dc51457a67d7a5e70cbc1680c4c5f64e7a07b8aa861d89e1e939ac88a23912
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).