Win.Trojan.Agent-36166 — PDF malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1357157a901a0b3d…

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: 4aa7ef63873f3c12dd2832d7b290b55c SHA-1: 403df8554c58e2be86c4d56f296c1806f114b763 SHA-256: 1357157a901a0b3da2da20aa77424258959f4f5107cce14b43fd6fce4c00adcb
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Win.Trojan.Agent-36166 · confidence 95%

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

The PDF was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Win.Trojan.Agent-36166'. Embedded JavaScript was found, which is commonly used to download and execute further malicious content. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness.

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
edc7d54d6b6e9be051f683a07debd11487ff13763bd909e8a265898d1b2822f5
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 76127 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely