Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d6e8e1ed67251574…

MALICIOUS

PDF

10.8 KB
MD5: 6495f76238657364606e48e55902987b SHA-1: 7f99f5f302a1aebc81eb7e51ed692645f829b13f SHA-256: d6e8e1ed6725157456928d194c1065c4247ab33656d886a558eb6744033a3244
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV for obfuscated object names, a common technique to evade detection. It also contains an embedded file, which is a strong indicator of malicious intent. The embedded file, named 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin', is likely a secondary payload. No document body text was available for further analysis.

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
2b5241921e1de0d8f5e023ea5a5acd5b4c8ed1a3cdc785f92e5d2b19acf592c5
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).