Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9858824d70986323…

MALICIOUS

PDF

10.4 KB
MD5: 4764eb83fff2e32b84fc0131657b5244 SHA-1: 6ed6d3a3396c562cb71940b1a3661b84de13505b SHA-256: 9858824d709863235852ad96775ac80495b3b53c6584c619d5b7336100194d34
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV with the signature Pdf.Dropper.Agent-6307910-0. Static analysis revealed an embedded file, which is a common technique for delivering secondary payloads. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, providing no further context on the lure.

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-6307910-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-6307910-0
  • 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
6d5380770364831bbc4516a70ee1d81e3e0a02b4c2d67c53043b7bb4637b7004
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).