PDF malware analysis — malicious · b0022bd66cf5afcc

MALICIOUS

PDF

10.4 KB

MD5: ac28094b5b2f4a595a06731bb70c3336 SHA-1: 2cbe4af0641db1696808099cf768915995273409 SHA-256: b0022bd66cf5afcc2ed7551282b0139c23e73833cc0276603edcdb81478d5cf2

78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1557 Adversary-Controlled Chain of Trust

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV with 'Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject', indicating a suspicious structure. Furthermore, a low-severity heuristic identified an embedded file within the PDF. This embedded file, named 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin', is the primary indicator of malicious intent, suggesting it's a secondary payload or exploit. The XFA form heuristic also suggests a complex document structure often used for obfuscation.

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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0001.bin` `7dae9217483ace997b70dc2f164ffc19508770668d52c0513aca53e5bdc0860a`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x7C	13408 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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