Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 72c7f1b996e2155a…

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: 6c74dc6613f65990f2da41f39ff91447 SHA-1: aa76c259b1089f16be49dd97c3eaf78b65ddda27 SHA-256: 72c7f1b996e2155afdb09d7105b255a95c607fbda7af4109bb3f0986c1a4e23c
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 presence of JavaScript actions and streams strongly suggests an attempt to exploit the user via a malicious attachment, likely delivered through spearphishing.

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
83c4f5da3305cad205a5a51086cbbc7ca89c8b43a819920d90bf77aa635d94a3
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 74685 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely