Win.Trojan.Agent-36166 — PDF malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 126981393906754e…

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: bb2d1334d1bd4eba17e6f225a8f707ba SHA-1: c35c254964e8b411f4ef54b12f74e0d661c5b2e7 SHA-256: 126981393906754e98dd19b04ffa217b905523a5225aeb50f1d9077641e4f400
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 file is identified as malicious by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Win.Trojan.Agent-36166'. The presence of embedded JavaScript, flagged by PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics, indicates an attempt to execute code. This JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload, a common tactic for this malware family.

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
c0d2a915c38f49ce43dbeda965994ded43cfc7998b4c1526d6fc10cd85455824
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 74379 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely