Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b10d6297c42e9efc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

10.4 KB
MD5: 76999751598742da544c0757edad5455 SHA-1: c5c71821c46068f0d4e75e471fb2748077d630c1 SHA-256: b10d6297c42e9efc30d36b971887a866f20680a9f37b126ea82130b53ad30937
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV with 'Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject', indicating a suspicious structure often used to hide malicious content. Furthermore, a PDF_EMBEDDED heuristic indicates the presence of an embedded file, 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin', which is a common delivery mechanism for malware. The XFA form heuristic also suggests potential for exploitation. The document body is heavily obfuscated and does not provide direct clues to the attack's intent.

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
e8ed6d1cf1b9c2b5866c9f209b7d262f1c524c8c0ac2dc272b7e597fe0151627
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).