Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dfff39bc82476f86…

MALICIOUS

PDF

10.4 KB
MD5: c4c22e0a04a8982d9b86bdb195854aba SHA-1: 234d33506d9a87edb0bb1438b8928ef7fa387165 SHA-256: dfff39bc82476f869f4b62ba20cc46b739267473b22ee02c843da7f4387219f2
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1553 Subvert Trust Controls

The PDF file was flagged as malicious due to an embedded object, which is a common technique for delivering secondary payloads. The ClamAV heuristic 'Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject' further indicates suspicious content within the PDF structure. The embedded file 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' is the primary indicator of malicious intent, suggesting it is the payload.

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
300cfebe6e57c9e6a7950812b5a7194aaab226ea31f4c179ce2f9ae89aa3ee4b
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).