Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5ac1b72de4097e7a…

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: d610450025023bfc562cf5aa62d580fb SHA-1: aa0fdb2c9641c6486a49d9128c076a0d2b404f44 SHA-256: 5ac1b72de4097e7a1198b0b823e19e8f61b3804f15c8eeede1da673b5125a9af
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains embedded JavaScript, identified by heuristics and ClamAV as malicious (Win.Trojan.Agent-36166). The JavaScript is heavily obfuscated but appears to be designed to download and execute a secondary payload, a common technique for malware delivery. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness.

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
2ad8826f83b12316e60310768485442374c60457532e66b24360187a40876a41
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 74781 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely