Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6b75030d975ff529…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.6 KB Created: 2009-11-15 19:41:70 Authoring application: PDF Library 4.3.9 (via PDF Library 3.9.7)
MD5: 19beae33fb58097dc08f8be312dd298c SHA-1: c75ca2d3714c4fd7683a5d11714d9294efca89f8 SHA-256: 6b75030d975ff529511120d1438bd25b07c209ae6e19c7932c80945430c4418f
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, identified by multiple heuristics and ClamAV detection 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 initial compromise via malicious documents. The ML classifier strongly supports the malicious nature of this PDF.

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
fb3814e4c5c7d74b5c87286a5579f7b80031af5662e946d15a068cd34783c45f
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 75013 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely