Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5e0eb71cd3e50237…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.7 KB Created: 2009-11-15 19:41:70 Authoring application: PDF Library 4.3.9 (via PDF Library 3.9.7)
MD5: 81b2b7b85a83fcb4243ca82f75341f3f SHA-1: f9552e38d68720436c8cf49883ae84b062b739d0 SHA-256: 5e0eb71cd3e50237e04f3c22df169b0444f07c8aa4d95affcadf0d8cbb86b70d
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious. ClamAV detection confirms this, identifying it as Win.Trojan.Agent-36166. The JavaScript appears to be obfuscated but is designed to download and execute a secondary payload, indicating a downloader or trojan.

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
5244669b655ddb2717f3560141bff658d585909c4a703d7f8ecdef08b1742d77
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 76555 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely