Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ad9f75a994b95a3a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

10.4 KB
MD5: 70f9a1fed0dd24cef7539418f638a89c SHA-1: deb746e4ef4d74b7a91bb03bff0574cb89c5eaec SHA-256: ad9f75a994b95a3aa5ddd8f849a6210ae6416f18ff4766afd95a250673fc31c8
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 object names 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 likely the payload. The XFA form and the unusual characters in the document body further indicate attempts to hide malicious content.

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
d600c920e20421cd69e6f76f6abe72dc100e9510e84e78453a2237e7bf9dd41f
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x78 13408 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).