Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 333683cb58f208e6…

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: eae89a7604693a2f7a9ed56f897b7d16 SHA-1: 8051b0ffa3c26f7f78cc49aee36caa652e8294fd SHA-256: 333683cb58f208e6bbdc9452803ae88e37d7f92089955812d7795bd48d3db850
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The file is identified as malicious by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Win.Trojan.Agent-36166'. The presence of embedded JavaScript, indicated by PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics, suggests an attempt to execute malicious code. While the document body is unreadable, the combination of these factors points to a likely exploit delivery mechanism.

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
ebb3fe6940ef74e900ca5b6a76d8b786887c3ca6b18014eabcc879c70836477f
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 75164 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely