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PBE Security Analysis Report

Clean (high confidence)

Disposition

Recommended action: No CAPE indicators were found after filtering. Release is reasonable if the source matches user expectation.

CAPE Raw Score
0.9
unfiltered, includes baseline noise
v0.2 Filtered Score
0.40
noise removed, weighted
Delta
↓ 0.50
noise correction

This disposition is based on the v0.2 scoring model calibrated against benign Microsoft binaries. It is informational, not a guarantee.

Ticket Response (copy and paste)

Drafted for the requester. Adjust greeting/closing as needed.

Thanks for checking with us on CIF.pdf before you opened it.

IT ran the file in our analysis sandbox for 3 minute(s) and 49 seconds. Our analysis rated this at 0.40 out of 10, which we classify as Clean (high confidence). During the analysis, the file launched 1 process(es), contacted 62 network indicator(s), did not drop any files to disk, triggered indicators of concern (exploit_heapspray).

Based on what we observed, this file is reasonable to open if it came from a source you recognize and expected.

Please continue to forward anything you are unsure about. Catching it before you open is exactly the right move.

PBE IT Security

Visual Evidence

3 screenshot(s) captured during analysis. Showing 2. View all in CAPE

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What the Sample Did (Plain English)

Scoring Breakdown — How we got from 0.9 to 0.40

Score Components

STRONG signatures1 signature(s), contributed 0.4
UNBACKED family (capped at 2.0)raw=0.0, applied=0.0
AMBIGUOUS re-amplification0 signature(s), contributed 0.0 (only fires when 2+ STRONG present)
UNKNOWN signatures (half weight)contributed 0.0
Detection floor applied?no
Final v0.2 Score0.40 / 10

STRONG Signatures (real malicious signal)

SignatureSevWeightConfScore ΔDescription
exploit_heapspray11.040.0%0.4A possible heap spray exploit has been detected

AMBIGUOUS Signatures (common on benign, can be real)

No ambiguous signatures.

UNBACKED Family (capped — common on asm/JIT code, can be real)

No unbacked signatures.

UNKNOWN Signatures (not yet classified, half weight)

No unknown signatures.

NOISE Signatures (suppressed, score = 0)

SignatureSevWeightConfScore ΔDescription
stealth_network11.0100.0%0.0Network activity detected but not expressed in monitor API logs
antidebug_setunhandledexceptionfilter11.040.0%0.0SetUnhandledExceptionFilter detected (possible anti-debug)

SHELL_HOST Signatures (suppressed for non-PE samples)

No shell_host signatures.

File Details
File nameCIF.pdf
File typePDF document, version 1.6 (zip deflate encoded)
Size (bytes)2102589
MD586a300b8128761d4f6f5b495fa078926
SHA1625ef8744189934d038c841ed47b2a282c12849f
SHA256ea6539eecfc0f7142d058261177b071541d859f024c6ad4574aa16a18333730c
VirusTotalOpen in VirusTotal
Sandbox Run Details
Task ID57
Started2026-08-13 11:58:14
Ended2026-08-13 12:02:03
Duration (sec)229
Packagepdf
Routeinternet
Machinecuckoo1
Tech Override

No override active. The model verdict above is the current classification.

Report generated on 08-13-2026 12:03:02 by PBESANDBOX.PBESECURE.COM