MALICIOUS
110
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1557 Adversary-Controlled Chain of Trust
The PDF file was flagged as malicious by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV due to obfuscated objects and an embedded file. The presence of an embedded file, named 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin', strongly suggests an attempt to deliver a secondary payload. The ML classifier's high confidence score further supports this assessment.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978
Heuristics 5
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ClamAV: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTIONClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
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Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDEDPDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
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XFA form low PDF_XFAPDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
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PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILEDThe cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PSSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
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Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGEOne 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.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
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embedded_file_obj0001.bin0b1b624cc83990906bc2e187aed15d58d7c166b493a9a690624d2de7ff1f6d4b |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x56 | 13408 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
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