Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bb5562b2206dce48…

MALICIOUS

PDF

10.4 KB
MD5: 1f32bc77cf37df7ee207da17f9095351 SHA-1: 5c08663758992c02e14caa95710efe76aaa1f9b6 SHA-256: bb5562b2206dce48a698d63bb28156e90995a4c5b43780ad557abf44d2715559
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1553.005 Mark-of-the-Web Bypass

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV with 'Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject', indicating a suspicious structure. It also contains an embedded file, 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin', which is a common technique for delivering secondary payloads. The XFA form and obfuscated object names further suggest malicious 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
e0e785d24a3c84b6d1010148e812bfee381dffb328c9dc578f376110e146429a
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x7E 13408 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).