Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 37a7975695fad667…

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: a3a6888539f9232ca465cca93b87b70c SHA-1: 4e556f49fb563250aed1c22148ec48fd7cd562b7 SHA-256: 37a7975695fad667a7192fc711f5ba422cf3c1171b3438b1e7d6511acba28653
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV with the signature Win.Trojan.Agent-36166. Heuristics indicate the presence of JavaScript actions and embedded JS streams within the PDF. This suggests the file is designed to exploit vulnerabilities or deliver malicious content via JavaScript execution, likely leading to the download of a secondary payload.

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
be976c89bb9fbf956df74c164a5e42ecfd298a7b3867349504a64448e8e44538
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 74355 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely