Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 17053595608b83bb…

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: 9da2ffe682d6adf8c70606ab494c47a5 SHA-1: d3524b7d5f8bb114feb590cecb3fde1ebbe17fc9 SHA-256: 17053595608b83bbb2496714efbf8dd579b7d1dc76074aca0a5d6ec15800f311
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Win.Trojan.Agent-36166'. The embedded JavaScript, though heavily obfuscated, is designed to download and execute a secondary payload. 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
3ab4d991daa8915191d9384b7b8e3fc479427ec4f516c277ac4b5f34da42655e
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 75141 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely