Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ffb0e6bcf1429f20…

MALICIOUS

PDF

10.4 KB
MD5: c93a160370c13fe1b2d388b564bc354a SHA-1: 4f6b9f6e457ccfc2bc11d69b4808b9fbfb502a89 SHA-256: ffb0e6bcf1429f2003f9004c16f7f96eba29788b541baf1d7bcebb4689cedacd
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV with 'Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject', indicating a suspicious and potentially obfuscated structure. It also contains an embedded file, 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin', which is a common technique for delivering secondary payloads. The XFA form and embedded file heuristics further support the malicious nature of this document.

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
ffca7a120b93fa717a5acddda3ce2637b997c3c2b34a9a2d09791ac5e961298e
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x80 13408 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).