Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 09c465c81a6f8918…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.4 KB Created: 2009-11-15 19:41:70 Authoring application: PDF Library 4.3.9 (via PDF Library 3.9.7)
MD5: 6a4193b575eee4a1cd407e41e72a119d SHA-1: b730a0f2e947750680ee8f2f1b1850b736e72742 SHA-256: 09c465c81a6f891837aa60733f811092a0afa65aff5b6b44043ee90e3b0314dd
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as Win.Trojan.Agent-36166. Embedded JavaScript was extracted, which is heavily obfuscated but appears to be responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload. The presence of JavaScript in a PDF strongly suggests an initial access vector via spearphishing attachment.

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
adf1b619a353c15c148f71cfcad9b1b953c725145eea0c269051b5bfc1766feb
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 74543 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely