PDF malware analysis — malicious · 5f97517abc4550e2

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.5 KB Created: 2009-11-15 19:41:70 Authoring application: PDF Library 4.3.9 (via PDF Library 3.9.7)

MD5: f6c85928366a3501e6124dc6ab8aecdf SHA-1: 6f496e9edbfc7d8348543bec1987ee90243bcddb SHA-256: 5f97517abc4550e23b98d02e74960f04c03f9d0bba9b93c998c44077b7fa2f2f

166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF containing obfuscated JavaScript, flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious. ClamAV identifies it as Win.Trojan.Agent-36166, indicating it likely functions as a trojan downloader. The JavaScript is heavily obfuscated, but its presence and the PDF format strongly suggest an exploit targeting PDF viewers to download and execute a secondary 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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0007_000.js` `ebbcbb006f3bc48f125aa150469f3ac6299768ceb6bdb17722ffada15789b65c`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5	74800 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166 Obfuscation or payload: unlikely

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