MALICIOUS
60
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell
T1140 Deobfuscate or Obfuscate Malicious Code
T1204.002 Malicious File
The PDF file contains a Base64-encoded Windows executable payload. The heuristic indicates that this payload is likely intended for process injection, using APIs such as VirtualAllocEx, WriteProcessMemory, and CreateRemoteThread. This suggests the PDF is a dropper for a malicious executable.
Heuristics 1
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Base64-encoded Windows executable payload in PDF critical PDF_BASE64_PE_PAYLOADPDF text contains a long base64 blob that decodes to a verified Windows PE executable. This catches payloads hidden after EOF, inside comments, or in plain text outside normal PDF streams.
Extracted artifacts 1
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
base64_pdf_pe_000002fe.execac25a0c85ff0522a7105b86ac53326b6c5a8b9031d9ab76d5f39249c561bd20 |
embedded-pe | PDF raw base64 PE payload at offset 0x2FE | 52736 bytes |
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