Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4bd35077565f0c6d…

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: e03d23868188aec30cea47a127e6f5f3 SHA-1: fba8aa754d19e56fd5ebee0f3eb9d67999a26039 SHA-256: 4bd35077565f0c6d3a3440aaf1298685b11e9ae6f4d05cfd8c0d92f1dc5045c7
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment 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 JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, a common technique for malware delivery.

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
225dc8acf2ea2af4256536c62204f29ed4ce928898680350d97e42c12c067f91
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 75471 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely