Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6ed3ca394a697252…

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: 6ca5948c9c646bfaaa53d85780f373dc SHA-1: 940de3dd33ffae3c7430803746efc04627ff36ab SHA-256: 6ed3ca394a697252654c86679e25d8f9a5846d21fd4c7ef2d6b4e8d0618d798b
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 primary attack pattern is likely spearphishing attachment, leading to the execution of a trojan agent.

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
a1bf3c1e6df55015679fb7d48c7f36af82795014f23694d4c269fe53431dd576
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 74379 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely