Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0a0c9043e1f69070…

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: f152313cef664fdb04695573fc982a95 SHA-1: 931e6bf8d55c8396599ec6dafd5eb94e420725cf SHA-256: 0a0c9043e1f69070b1aa9358d6402b60524d79bfe1dd1f295be30ff496ffed47
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier, indicating it likely contains an exploit. The embedded JavaScript, although obfuscated, is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload, as suggested by the heuristic firings and the nature of the script. The primary IOC is the ClamAV detection name.

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
f4a1bda25b7c58d2c7fb91c37b814f70e02158ead9d7a2787f585567b206a4b2
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 74539 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely