Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c3ac41572e5f79c9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

10.5 KB
MD5: 24813353bb6b6c6a003ac4109eee8370 SHA-1: 8755be30251cce1b86eb02e194c962ce39bca16d SHA-256: c3ac41572e5f79c94aaa7f5cdb39af99e8906114f2ea754f7616d5420f515e4d
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV with 'Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject', suggesting malicious intent. It also contains an embedded file and utilizes XFA forms, common techniques for delivering secondary payloads. The embedded file 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' is a primary indicator of compromise.

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
8217b611f2f61809890382d8659f8b2d1ae3f4d8d17c7730a0a7efbd19637a6d
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).