Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 da5de92af165c7b6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

10.4 KB
MD5: 48473cf5705ff03f10e36afb3394e90a SHA-1: 242454e6f8c0720ffd285c254c431d8dcb6ed806 SHA-256: da5de92af165c7b697bfd49320e6db8724ee855dd0ad31f9a9f47755412a5d29
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV with 'Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject', indicating a suspicious structure. Furthermore, a critical heuristic identified an embedded file within the PDF. This embedded file, named 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin', is the primary indicator of malicious intent, suggesting it is a secondary payload or exploit.

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
72445bbd2ce5936929cee389dfdd9421eae92d0532d48f1a5982fb63e4046431
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).