Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0408e4e9131b6fbe…

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: 1b8a9421edec737c2b541858d1287245 SHA-1: b1c49e8d19b6e2b259a4c4317bedc20b03a4aaeb SHA-256: 0408e4e9131b6fbe2ba5133a0418bb735477aaa855b6dbf6346665a60ff46dc0
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF was flagged as malicious by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Win.Trojan.Agent-36166'. Embedded JavaScript was found, which is commonly used to download and execute further malicious content. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness.

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
a04be67fa92991e7326c0b5ade388bc107b0376e823806b92bf51d5c3139ff7f
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 74936 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely