Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 917e6d336ba7c42b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

10.5 KB
MD5: 818378a28257642ad4b3445220576324 SHA-1: f8458ef274d28f95b08cb6ec7890e8c8c983f566 SHA-256: 917e6d336ba7c42b8a4a769d4aad634912fd506223ebaa67221775358e70682e
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1553.005 Mark-of-the-Web Bypass T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF was flagged by ClamAV with 'Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject', indicating a suspicious structure often used to evade detection. Furthermore, it contains an embedded file, 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin', which is a common technique for delivering secondary payloads. The XFA form heuristic also suggests a complex and potentially malicious document structure.

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
041afa6029a04aa042554de34b5232f0ba672f1d83bcafb05a90434782271140
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x7C 13408 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).