Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d3d1e163d410914f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

10.4 KB
MD5: 18385c1cc58e749b8d7533b65c8ee02b SHA-1: 544b9c04337d8a4e325d6ff262d638cf8b7426f2 SHA-256: d3d1e163d410914f5774d5a14c8a8103101c84e817d823b1bbb34eaf508e67b2
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. The presence of an embedded file suggests it is likely intended to be extracted and executed, serving as a delivery mechanism for further malicious activity. The document body itself is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, further supporting the conclusion that the file's primary purpose is malicious.

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
2f5f563e3c4d6aac250d6c5d9b3e1a2cff0fdf8232af997ddd3ccb59f77b7fdf
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x84 13408 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).