Win.Trojan.Agent-36166 — PDF malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 59521940ad7376a8…

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: 8236d6f58dd61b40441f4028732bab05 SHA-1: 1ff4399109a34a8859ab22a28081badb9de524e5 SHA-256: 59521940ad7376a893da719484fb9930096f83c3fd8d13b516bac88abb531012
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Win.Trojan.Agent-36166 · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The critical ClamAV heuristic firings indicate the file is recognized as Win.Trojan.Agent-36166. The PDF structure contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious payloads. The document body is unreadable, but the presence of JavaScript and the ClamAV detection strongly suggest the intent is to download and execute a second-stage 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
d5131618ab45b53d355b3637387a6a63edb0b3332a5036ce66901937e7c3d9fa
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 74754 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely