Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6ca5e193e0cd6edc…

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: 844d98b6408cc805c394333e544a4a12 SHA-1: 81b54a6824e9c2eefd21323dc5b15d8183699ba2 SHA-256: 6ca5e193e0cd6edcebe505dd682bc8f474084ea059843f10efddfa6a66706a1b
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that is heavily obfuscated but appears to be designed to download and execute a secondary payload. The ClamAV detection of 'Win.Trojan.Agent-36166' further confirms its malicious nature. The primary attack pattern is likely spearphishing attachment, leading to the execution of this malicious script.

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
7b941e2170daff0355f33789eb322a2275ca5a2e4fa6993916c995a4b069f2e1
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 74645 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely