Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8ad5e5888fc8274e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

10.4 KB
MD5: d00aacd0366407d6471e5e309aad6f9c SHA-1: 26ef8397147ac5833cde6d88e11ebf0bcff91036 SHA-256: 8ad5e5888fc8274e98052f8de2b4a6f59eb39720b60ee2347175a015a60ac2f5
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1553.005 Mark-of-the-Web Bypass

The PDF file contains an embedded object, identified as 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin', which is a strong indicator of malicious intent. ClamAV also flagged the file as 'Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject', further supporting its suspicious nature. The presence of an embedded file suggests the document is a delivery mechanism for a 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
05475ae5b3820ff1b608b1b659fce2074e1a03fa93824f6a8b6eda55c890d3b0
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).