Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8b46ece86400f66f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

244.6 KB First seen: 2026-05-11
MD5: b126d2182eeb0f0540bba62748adf103 SHA-1: c7ab7aacf2bbd83054cc416b086e2df1233cc92a SHA-256: 8b46ece86400f66f64ddf281578e0f7a53b260277c6bfc9731f82ea63ed386a9
110 Risk Score

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9594

Heuristics 2

  • VBScript-style decimal byte array decodes to a PE payload critical PDF_VBS_DECIMAL_ARRAY_PE_PAYLOAD
    PDF comment text contains a VB/VBScript-style decimal byte array, such as c(077),c(090), that decodes to a verified Windows PE executable. The rule is gated on a comment-line Array(c(...)) assignment and a valid MZ/PE header to keep false positives low.
  • Suspicious extracted artifact medium 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
decimal_array_pdf_pe_00000229.exe embedded-pe PDF raw comment decimal-array PE payload at offset 0x229 16625 bytes
SHA-256: 7e4ff9a949491e764325e413afa520c2f239c1ea6007a424573a608f7b851b20
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
actual_type=PE; declared_or_context_type=PDF; filename=decimal_array_pdf_pe_00000229.exe; kind=embedded-pe Carved artifact entropy is 7.78, consistent with packed or encrypted content.