Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 730f85ca19d26ca5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.6 KB Created: 2009-11-15 19:41:70 Authoring application: PDF Library 4.3.9 (via PDF Library 3.9.7)
MD5: 262e82435da1a2c5abc844a9163d2504 SHA-1: c52677b07d0ebb23c14e2527aa808aee80ee64fa SHA-256: 730f85ca19d26ca57ef546af0cfc2172f5ece271c7bb2da6cfad706d9ef6168e
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

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 detected, which is commonly used to download and execute further malicious content. The ML classifier also provided a very high confidence score for maliciousness. The presence of JavaScript and the ClamAV detection strongly suggest this PDF is designed to deliver a secondary payload.

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
f540bdff097b4a3a4c1f9af3dc8e0aa791f0012bd065ff55ad14da9a2e480735
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 75170 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely