Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 94da4b27346443c7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

10.4 KB
MD5: b5beedbc1408d3cdf5094528cace5014 SHA-1: 6a124b5d494dda0f512b9d39830ef18b1531ec13 SHA-256: 94da4b27346443c72bd48654755c72c5829423d4d92d167e12e910219d195306
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information

The PDF file exhibits characteristics of malicious intent, including obfuscated content and an embedded file, as flagged by ClamAV and static triage. The embedded file, 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin', is a primary indicator of a potential secondary payload or exploit. The XFA form and general obfuscation suggest an attempt to evade detection.

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
4a9ef361687b0f9c36a1eb0852e1e8c354055192b2b0da8781ed0e7b6e6d3113
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x84 13408 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).