Win.Trojan.Agent-36166 — PDF malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6bac345e19f1dda1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.4 KB Created: 2009-11-15 19:41:70 Authoring application: PDF Library 4.3.9 (via PDF Library 3.9.7)
MD5: aecd32495aea3f63ade3825e87632b6b SHA-1: bf59a65ef737edda94126e0894b3b108f21dfa0b SHA-256: 6bac345e19f1dda19a78a36838d5ba9d6cac87cfec5269d1501bbb9c8b470213
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Win.Trojan.Agent-36166 · confidence 95%

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 ClamAV as malicious (Win.Trojan.Agent-36166). The JavaScript is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload, indicated by the ML classifier and the nature of the embedded script. This points to a common attack pattern for delivering malware via malicious documents.

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
ab6510b7ca34ff8baada22ea6e3c5044bb266729ffffb07e479773afe96ae3c2
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 74742 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely