Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 02030660331ea14a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.3 KB Created: 2009-11-15 19:41:70 Authoring application: PDF Library 4.3.9 (via PDF Library 3.9.7)
MD5: ef6fa6aa75d80082f389a64a19f1d48d SHA-1: af2594188b9587de4f6db9b1f8f0ae14b2817212 SHA-256: 02030660331ea14a1449ea80ed1159f091a92426d23c384aee9537d86467a914
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, flagged by multiple heuristics and a critical ClamAV detection (Win.Trojan.Agent-36166). The JavaScript appears to be obfuscated but is designed to download and execute a secondary payload. This is a common technique for delivering malware via malicious documents, likely distributed through spearphishing.

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
279e768df6184355c3a70fa76158694992c2aa04b2fb77420fabc987681b1a6a
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 73960 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely