Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6caa244d7e806e0c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

15.1 KB Created: 2009-11-15 19:41:70 Authoring application: PDF Library 4.3.9 (via PDF Library 3.9.7)
MD5: ab4083b93bf5168082ba08e22bb5944d SHA-1: 4a98d41065269da5234b29756124ae16cadc771e SHA-256: 6caa244d7e806e0c27298d6947c79acc8eb2738f021897ecc8171cafa61411d0
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 identifying it as Win.Trojan.Agent-36166. Embedded JavaScript was found, which is commonly used to download and execute further malicious content. The ML classifier also provided a very high score, indicating a strong likelihood of malicious intent.

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
f68a0d6840b673a6aa56fa4fc33ac21733d8c4e4ad2cfd4a5e5b679cbc9f4181
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 84494 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely