Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3f4aabeff71fd012…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.6 KB Created: 2009-11-15 19:41:70 Authoring application: PDF Library 4.3.9 (via PDF Library 3.9.7)
MD5: a776c95c474b6f467f4e06a2c7090500 SHA-1: e74358119e222276e675e33f32514e9b47cc398f SHA-256: 3f4aabeff71fd01207d4360bb43f2e362112cbcfd8398dfed7099db601371bf6
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV with the signature Win.Trojan.Agent-36166. Static analysis revealed embedded JavaScript, indicating an attempt to execute malicious code. The JavaScript's purpose is inferred to be the download and execution of a second-stage payload, a common technique for malware delivery. The document body was unreadable, so the rationale relies solely 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
65b83b85bdce64ccfe548de2b2c652b7ccfdd1761d781a997bb380664dc0d30d
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 76068 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely