Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1887a719dd18cb97…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.9 KB Created: 2009-11-15 19:41:70 Authoring application: PDF Library 4.3.9 (via PDF Library 3.9.7)
MD5: 8922bf7b1f441dae4fc25e55bab7024d SHA-1: 1373a397d1405fb9c98f57a90f7d51feb77eeaaa SHA-256: 1887a719dd18cb9794c4e780d55995618cc0442cd49e8719051f6cd106a856f1
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV, which identified it as 'Win.Trojan.Agent-36166'. Embedded JavaScript was detected, indicating the likely execution of a secondary payload. The obfuscated JavaScript, while not fully decipherable, strongly suggests a downloader or dropper functionality, consistent with common malware delivery techniques.

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
288f32188e91d5207fc87534f87c2e2a7e414f788d6e9d800e368f900b9cf79c
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 83592 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely