Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 31023c516ef8bf85…

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: e16eeb3aac81ae968e457c7d8a8bcec9 SHA-1: b45551f57ef5f93ea4f224e83f423df519e2e155 SHA-256: 31023c516ef8bf85717de9cfebf682d44e86c66170fa905a1193e358cf1d0107
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Win.Trojan.Agent-36166'. The presence of embedded JavaScript, indicated by the 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS' heuristics, strongly suggests that the document is designed to execute malicious code. This script is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload, aligning with the identified ClamAV signature.

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
445b8909eb454d136ee8b434feffca5b65d842b829e0517691054a8b2d9dc715
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 74586 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely