Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c92bbfc2ef4b09c6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

10.4 KB
MD5: a1f1652fc2e70e37b3e2bbf58cdeab2d SHA-1: 6d7b40479910eb0c6b7d449d299661751a36de60 SHA-256: c92bbfc2ef4b09c6ea90c3a1be0bff00629c442285e50153826ba44541a99990
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information

The PDF file exhibits characteristics of malicious intent, including obfuscated content and an embedded file, as flagged by ClamAV and static triage. The presence of an embedded file suggests it may be a dropper or downloader for further malicious payloads. The XFA form and obfuscated object names are common techniques used to evade detection.

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
6861f9e38aa108022fd8967deef52206529c31e8a7d74fb69376bf43e675d82c
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x7A 13408 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).