Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3018e1a0f0640e06…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.1 KB
MD5: eec4d094a0eff58036d94df9fdddb837 SHA-1: 67ab13ec71db7f68f9ac114dd35d8fe31e3a81ef SHA-256: 3018e1a0f0640e06b9d1cea681c965e2a9e4420883d8fa21768e7a331fe69920
194 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File Execution: User Execution: Malicious File T1553.005 Subvert Trust Controls: Mark-of-the-Web Bypass

The PDF document explicitly contains the EICAR test file and instructions to click a link to save and launch it. This is a common technique to bypass security controls and test antivirus detection. The embedded JavaScript actions and streams, along with the ASCIIHexDecode filter, are consistent with a dropper mechanism designed to deliver the embedded EICAR file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7245531-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7245531-0
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
  • ASCIIHexDecode filter (with exploit indicators) medium PDF_FILTER_HEX
    Hex-encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — often used to hide payload or shellcode bytes
  • JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPT
    PDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED
    PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
EICAR.txt
275a021bbfb6489e54d471899f7db9d1663fc695ec2fe2a2c4538aabf651fd0f		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 10 at offset 0x62C 68 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Eicar-Test-Signature
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely
javascript_obj0008_000.js
c79586b6ce33258a4a3246f592054a0720afaa39e08ec5d2fa6c2c1d19c42b91		 pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x4FF 58 bytes
javascript_obj0008_001.js
a99f0aad140b19a3f2f03812ca412c6d983fae48b9344738a95bf360fb8f644c		 pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x4FF 56 bytes

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