Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4da627c17acb3443…

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: 2a6de06facdc83812f57c5672ff47a5e SHA-1: 8da9b05b4169ffa04e8c3d4503b49ea3377026a5 SHA-256: 4da627c17acb3443821df5ded383a00c84b62dd04ed552216e19a2fb6b1cf7cb
168 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by multiple engines, including ClamAV which identified it as Win.Trojan.Agent-36166. The presence of embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics, suggests the file is designed to execute malicious code. The ML classifier also provided a very high confidence score for maliciousness. The document body content was unreadable, but the combination of heuristics and ClamAV detection strongly indicates a malicious intent, likely to download and execute a second-stage payload.

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
b2e8f8302444b23c3bb81abf6a3c4f44cda5fbcdee7bb0681c2964d5a9810fd4
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 74537 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely