Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f7fb3cadd88973d5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

10.4 KB
MD5: 8b7202ce98921e2719effd241d8fde27 SHA-1: e951636f3dc4ff526943ef6b42a1034833c99bb3 SHA-256: f7fb3cadd88973d51231688180bb7d8a0f9e5638084885d42c283621b60c5917
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF document identified as malicious by ClamAV due to obfuscated object names, a common technique for evading detection. It contains an embedded file, which is a strong indicator of a malicious payload delivery mechanism. The presence of XFA forms and embedded files suggests an attempt to exploit PDF vulnerabilities.

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
090b0adfa52c9e4f5fc0436d79f4e373e3ca8f70677c36ee88420221d46fc8b8
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).