Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1d58cb30f4eb51f0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

15.0 KB Created: 2009-11-15 19:41:70 Authoring application: PDF Library 4.3.9 (via PDF Library 3.9.7)
MD5: f83937283be086a105a3e69a5cfb2315 SHA-1: ba32e018f956bc20fe6be56c2ee3e12e7ddddca2 SHA-256: 1d58cb30f4eb51f08a879382f4fc370fccc474f611b7a0556f743f54d784ae73
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF was flagged as malicious by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection for Win.Trojan.Agent-36166. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious payloads. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness. The embedded JavaScript stream is the primary indicator of the attack vector.

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
234adf65d488435168ec5dcac7c18c64ef306dab1b8aa9dd1b2acf848bfa2fb0
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 83659 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely