Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 67847f4d73941dcf…

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: 942b1c571abab744ba422d242db1a2f1 SHA-1: bd24a66722453541b47dbf7f26a39da9393637c9 SHA-256: 67847f4d73941dcfead687c95680575e8f3afd8c2bc77b501f88f4a010d39054
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Win.Trojan.Agent-36166'. Embedded JavaScript was found, which is commonly used to download and execute further malicious content. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness. The presence of JavaScript actions and streams points to T1059.007, and the overall nature of a malicious PDF suggests T1566.001 as the likely initial access vector.

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
66a860b63ce3d797339fe26833211384fc6e81dbc13805df5d29a011445cc36d
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 74907 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely