Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1b4648449db6bf8b…

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: b9846004f9da047a8ec0bfb3d5e439bb SHA-1: b7915f12f28039ea3f22dce95a450b7f1349480c SHA-256: 1b4648449db6bf8bbdd554dbee7e5e09be8ad558b33fca2fc171a613749d08f8
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV with the signature Win.Trojan.Agent-36166. Static analysis revealed embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. This JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, contributing to the overall malicious nature of the document. The document body itself is unreadable, so the rationale is based on the heuristics and ClamAV detection.

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
c57747f194212dca132e70f3675ec47b05b1907c803e9a647b3003e569fab4fb
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 75135 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely