Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e443a03c441e7fcc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

10.4 KB
MD5: 25a6fbbd18d2fd841ecfb018af5160a0 SHA-1: 7516dbbca8486a46a5fbc1a3475914e6381629ec SHA-256: e443a03c441e7fcc05b0ae1fc04edfe7974514aa8211e7ca62a8269b87c2e4f2
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 object names and the presence of an embedded file. The ClamAV detection for 'Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject' strongly suggests malicious content. The embedded file, named 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin', is likely a secondary payload. The XFA form and embedded file heuristics further support the assessment of a malicious document designed to deliver further malware.

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
e144e2aff3aa0a943db1acef8528c196985cf34238b1437a014f7de5cadfe6e3
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x7E 13408 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).