Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 44690c4ec83c6c5c…

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: 6b5e10eaf824af246ccefd71b15e696f SHA-1: 43eda1b5e2788b623e113d1fbfcd7e8fcb90a67f SHA-256: 44690c4ec83c6c5cd53c3e58cebe10901e55367213ed940b110f10e5ed053e76
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV with the signature Win.Trojan.Agent-36166. Static analysis revealed embedded JavaScript, indicated by 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 was unreadable, preventing further contextual analysis.

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
23e6bf6156fb05f37bb234af7656b3ed2aafa42f984797ce24ab5b36c7642885
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 74655 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely