Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8ff22a55cf119199…

MALICIOUS

PDF

10.4 KB
MD5: 516b62720271d9c5f3c85ba8848eaad6 SHA-1: 8440cbddf7d77e28efdf4915dab53df2275c53f7 SHA-256: 8ff22a55cf119199ab5019e5315bbabbd668f39feb82d4610239b53d870de581
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged for containing an embedded file and for being obfuscated, which are common techniques for delivering malware. The ClamAV detection 'Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject' further supports the malicious nature of the file. The embedded file, 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin', is the primary indicator of a potential second-stage 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
e2eb862dcee4d84f6b032c27a64f7d6173a7fb29c5e82b9b9c3f1dec51c1e5f9
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x8E 13408 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).