Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 07d38370361a0827…

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: 5750942dbd18ad13d5917d01e068a8b2 SHA-1: b8766fb47353dc49a50744059d383f7846309721 SHA-256: 07d38370361a08278c5485da083d667a703bf00331a81a8aa5194979b6656ab1
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious. ClamAV also detected it as Win.Trojan.Agent-36166, indicating it likely attempts to exploit vulnerabilities to download and execute a secondary payload. The JavaScript code is heavily obfuscated, making its exact function difficult to determine, but its presence and the overall malicious classification strongly suggest an exploit attempt.

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
e48d223264b231b548fac3f842c716cfb47ced23f966099b436424f8d93322cd
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 75164 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely