Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6f03bce3b7fe8f89…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.5 KB Created: 2009-11-15 19:41:70 Authoring application: PDF Library 4.3.9 (via PDF Library 3.9.7)
MD5: bd1f9b0a3c6151c42692b948934fe3e9 SHA-1: 08e108ca87cbade5f07bfbb1c300a7a3cbcc7a08 SHA-256: 6f03bce3b7fe8f89975f538059fc0e4920f5468a9c3c7027d0e8c59c212a4230
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 heuristics and ClamAV detection as malicious (Win.Trojan.Agent-36166). The JavaScript is heavily obfuscated but appears to be responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload. The ML classifier also strongly indicates maliciousness. Given the nature of the findings, it is highly probable that this PDF was delivered as a spearphishing attachment.

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
06a345d00d837b6b354a1ebe1d1f343672dfc57d5d339f17934ac82c0a4d7367
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 75178 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely