Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 968b5ef6ba703456…

MALICIOUS

PDF

10.4 KB
MD5: 95944edeca3884833313a70e730f5795 SHA-1: c833bc3c910ad59839a31578a6093d59ba4ac574 SHA-256: 968b5ef6ba703456d2139a1d6b0903b65b14975810004df3abc710580192568d
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV for obfuscated object names, indicating a deliberate attempt to hide malicious content. It also contains an embedded file, which is a common delivery mechanism for malware. The presence of XFA forms and the embedded file suggest the document is designed to exploit vulnerabilities or trick the user into executing a 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
330f1fed64af261529896389ade70322d7ec52f67e2cbed936e437a5a4fc00a9
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x80 13408 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).