Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a40d59b411c7a8b4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.9 KB
MD5: 723f6ca1f422d5d79ea437eb7043a9fd SHA-1: 41c23912d502a995a4916ef19258c0f60b90a490 SHA-256: a40d59b411c7a8b4929dd42375f1005b9558260ed59964d6c461c784c6b552b0
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF that has been flagged by ClamAV with 'Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject', indicating obfuscation techniques commonly used to hide malicious content. The PDF also contains an embedded file, suggesting it's a dropper or exploit document. The XFA form heuristic further points to potential exploitation vectors within the PDF structure.

Heuristics 3

  • 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

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0001.bin
658dc7fb91b1a0ab4a699f27b4f9d5693aa3d9ab98faf74299a2a04edcdbdaee
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x8A 13449 bytes