Win.Trojan.Agent-36166 — PDF malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0cbed24cb2f6c17d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.7 KB Created: 2009-11-15 19:41:70 Authoring application: PDF Library 4.3.9 (via PDF Library 3.9.7)
MD5: a52bc8e515331d3610a86d095b5c4d7a SHA-1: 48ad63d403f6df3bae69a0f3f3575f16270af341 SHA-256: 0cbed24cb2f6c17d067c923483327d29da728f2dc76de65eeff317982106a097
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Win.Trojan.Agent-36166 · confidence 95%

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified by heuristics and ClamAV detection as Win.Trojan.Agent-36166. The JavaScript is heavily obfuscated, but its presence and the ML classifier's high confidence score indicate a malicious intent, likely to download and execute a second-stage payload. The ClamAV detection name is included as a primary IOC.

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
069da92d88364974dfb7d09e931db21341cb3cfa8f99ef47859feebacb255fc7
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 76111 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely