Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9bb803dfeb1a177c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

10.4 KB
MD5: b284aa70e45a95ae4f8e28bb5f263b6f SHA-1: c75e91ba06f12790b171d69ebdcfa20c1346fb7c SHA-256: 9bb803dfeb1a177c2b3e01324c90952ecb14b8c1452dcf030713d48d3668cf21
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 the presence of an embedded file. The ClamAV detection for 'Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject' strongly suggests malicious activity. The embedded file, named 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin', is a primary indicator of a potential secondary payload or exploit. The XFA form and embedded file heuristics further support the classification of this file as malicious.

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
611678df40d962b99bfdbbba5649eeb7ba777540740e8ad758ec5869ad4d0146
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).