Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b1cf1bfa8e2b34e3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

10.5 KB
MD5: 9cac673daebfb0926f8e8cd2b11b388d SHA-1: 03f4ed5b5e3c7ed630ea92d1a5cfbf1495520908 SHA-256: b1cf1bfa8e2b34e329be4f24c3780a2dbbee90b059e0503615844fbef2230d83
80 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF document identified as malicious by ClamAV due to an obfuscated object name. It contains an embedded file, which is a common technique for delivering secondary payloads. The PDF structure also indicates the use of XFA forms, which can sometimes be leveraged for exploitation. The embedded file, 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin', is the primary indicator of malicious activity.

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PSSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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
8217b611f2f61809890382d8659f8b2d1ae3f4d8d17c7730a0a7efbd19637a6d
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x8B 13408 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).