Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2e3d2393fdbdc950…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.4 KB Created: 2009-11-15 19:41:70 Authoring application: PDF Library 4.3.9 (via PDF Library 3.9.7)
MD5: 82c8d28a3f5a91e45554601be226aadb SHA-1: f1472d8ac8522480d39e92452637e5eeb98fc9eb SHA-256: 2e3d2393fdbdc95062a6bbf6793472d5ea4ab82ebf5443bc20ccb67c7b76316b
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

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 did not contain readable text, so the rationale is based on the heuristic findings and the 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
12ab37fe838cef499259ba716ee716c4ce2a159bbf627298b11312c7f4902a60
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 74763 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely