Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bca4ef34bf96fc18…

MALICIOUS

PDF

10.4 KB
MD5: 3def7dd77e4748f431f5d98eca110aad SHA-1: 4801eb17d801152059902e42906e89e22b47153b SHA-256: bca4ef34bf96fc18c58744809f12c8b21e49c01f3138a0707d8d28192f0c315a
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains an embedded object, flagged by ClamAV as an obfuscated name object, indicating malicious intent. The embedded file, 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin', is the primary artifact of interest. The XFA form suggests a potential for complex scripting or exploitation within the PDF structure.

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
f599f90b52e8e672b3e64a903f4c59da59921340d484f78d8dd17edeb45910e4
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x80 13408 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).