Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ebe16c0b0b63252a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

10.5 KB
MD5: 6597a19ccebd572ad7d9042c2f2f4cec SHA-1: 5810dc6a41245c469f7b6007cf02106d7c47980e SHA-256: ebe16c0b0b63252a13f9f61ddc9ee37832af0b7fd198f732d3cb3380b83ceb82
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV with 'Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject', indicating obfuscation techniques commonly used by malware. It also contains an embedded file and utilizes XFA forms, both of which can be leveraged for malicious purposes. The embedded file is a primary indicator of a potential attack vector.

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
156a9d6e78ac16da570eedd0e96d72c5278bc0c8f98f57d9a21e828e89f7ab3a
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x82 13408 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).