Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6317354717ec3202…

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: ab6936dbccd169afd307082860a9ab48 SHA-1: dd53d517a390244d0297d2211d375d12ed11a0d7 SHA-256: 6317354717ec32027a81873c88a21e12c130629b7a6fe266fceaf8bf1fe5ef45
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by multiple engines, including ClamAV which identified it as 'Win.Trojan.Agent-36166'. Embedded JavaScript was detected, indicating the likely intent to download and execute a second-stage payload. The ML classifier also strongly indicated 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
90412c338159016f77cf3f69f2ed4740237bb2242417b664626a820d2a00295b
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 74829 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely