Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d8c48f0d35e7cf0d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

10.4 KB
MD5: b0893c935583163522a7492508c6dd78 SHA-1: f21a3826caaa22c5ec88bd20351d5cc7b575d785 SHA-256: d8c48f0d35e7cf0d2f42cd5c8c93e5a57e51e517663457f7919190bfac3abc4e
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 the presence of an embedded file. The ClamAV heuristic 'Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject' strongly suggests that the file's structure or naming conventions have been deliberately altered to hide malicious elements. The embedded file, 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin', is a primary indicator of a potential secondary payload or exploit. The XFA form and general PDF obfuscation further support the assessment of a malicious document designed to conceal its true nature.

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
e7b2c816f3e04d1592fbfbd52a634e23f0dd0b180f9d624b4733f82807e8bd1a
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x7C 13408 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).