Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 74b0993372d6f230…

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: 03083674c8cf7b1ce565604a8654606e SHA-1: b6213f826bdba4bd368c0af7f29f15eb631f0f3f SHA-256: 74b0993372d6f2300018bd6a8e70f428d64151c0ffcf66fc52e1b8b8cbdd2112
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as Win.Trojan.Agent-36166. Embedded JavaScript was detected, which is likely used to exploit vulnerabilities within the PDF reader and download a secondary payload. The presence of JavaScript and the ML classification strongly suggest an exploit-based attack.

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
095926666c94d4847760526483bcf252f2e95aba633bb135c1b489cdb4ab68cb
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 74966 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely