Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0af5477a67d9aba6…

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: 2f7e5b4547de5224331b2305c0899a95 SHA-1: 743ae7e26f8f6ddf5161e2567354233da62f4d8c SHA-256: 0af5477a67d9aba61c6129add09a5b5f6bb8aa62f4aad751ce427371be087e83
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, which identified it as Win.Trojan.Agent-36166. Embedded JavaScript was detected, indicating an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities within the PDF reader to execute code. The script's obfuscated nature prevents a detailed analysis of its specific actions, but its presence strongly suggests a payload download or execution 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
189f375db7bbee2b282f8d2008f5008a23f88c93435f2245afa1452c44648e93
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 75193 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely