Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b3ed58132c5e8323…

MALICIOUS

PDF

66.7 KB First seen: 2026-06-09
MD5: 1d352202fcd3f9e7d5cb5386bb39620c SHA-1: 9c68afc3f677b427788a57bb6f3aa52d3bfd2d56 SHA-256: b3ed58132c5e832374bfa1c60cfb1f310ac4327aa6fde84c85ebc442fb1582b8
130 Risk Score

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 2

  • Base64-encoded Windows executable payload in PDF critical PDF_BASE64_PE_PAYLOAD
    PDF text contains a long base64 blob that decodes to a verified Windows PE executable. This catches payloads hidden after EOF, inside comments, or in plain text outside normal PDF streams.
  • Suspicious extracted artifact high 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
base64_pdf_pe_00000284.exe embedded-pe PDF raw base64 PE payload at offset 0x284 50688 bytes
SHA-256: 1569b2d081363cad1ecf1b59c43b3d8fec3174dbe025f50b57237fd9fc38c159
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
actual_type=PE; declared_or_context_type=PDF; filename=base64_pdf_pe_00000284.exe; kind=embedded-pe Static shellcode analysis recovered command string(s): PowerShell