Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e56955668ecdef3d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

10.4 KB
MD5: d630708c4ee89cb213c7ff5f227c98d0 SHA-1: b555189466d0e13ae2e8148f01c576b2a773dc27 SHA-256: e56955668ecdef3d7ccceed151c909c50f03509ff100d0fc54ef77f357594c4f
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains an embedded object, flagged by ClamAV as Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject, indicating malicious intent. The embedded file, 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin', is likely a secondary payload. The XFA form suggests a potential for form-based exploits.

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
62035475b855224874fc93820e687b44292fe8691fa0a80810f056b1df06e905
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x86 13408 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).