Win.Trojan.Agent-36166 — PDF malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 00977fe38cdf7fbd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.5 KB Created: 2009-11-15 19:41:70 Authoring application: PDF Library 4.3.9 (via PDF Library 3.9.7)
MD5: c2f896d50a1bbee6285fb6c7e649e517 SHA-1: 1fd248b7a607a19fb0a9c44f0315699f0cb8c910 SHA-256: 00977fe38cdf7fbd2c96f788bc827ff7452a9033adfbd001ec9c6c79313b4742
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Win.Trojan.Agent-36166 · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection identifying it as 'Win.Trojan.Agent-36166'. The presence of embedded JavaScript, indicated by 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS' firings, suggests an attempt to execute malicious code. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness. The primary function appears to be downloading and executing a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
  • 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.
  • 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.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0007_000.js
a37e184a44410aa9c76ccd302382dea55c3c29a1122086738c366505879c6644
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 74807 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely