Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ede2100d1bf452c1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

10.4 KB
MD5: f63d674f7fae427d1e7c70df77a439c4 SHA-1: ead1d865b762c8390d7c32efe4346530e1c5696e SHA-256: ede2100d1bf452c12b5f496cf0bbc92efbe23ca3d549ae46059ec88939fc5676
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1140 Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information

The PDF file exhibits high levels of obfuscation, as indicated by the ML classifier and ClamAV detection for obfuscated objects. The presence of an embedded file suggests it is likely a dropper or downloader for a secondary payload. The document body is unreadable, providing no direct clues to the user-facing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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
6916042bc07244ce33f4b219df5534ac5529da185c4a11610be5712c7214f9b3
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x88 13408 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).