Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 98aed2768e4cbf15…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.1 KB
MD5: 576f520890c028ae2fc54d8b81970594 SHA-1: 314493e95bf026ff1aeda8275558cbaa1eae9b52 SHA-256: 98aed2768e4cbf157767d23030c4ea23f808724f8792858f3557f726672387a4
194 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1553.005 Mark-of-the-Web Bypass

This PDF document is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It embeds the EICAR test file, which is a standard method for testing antivirus software. The document body explicitly instructs the user to click to save and launch the embedded EICAR.txt file, indicating a social engineering lure to execute a known malicious file. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the execution of the embedded artifact.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7285174-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7285174-0
  • 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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