Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 74fed224c3a6f45c…

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: 5956b2587ed54416dbd352e5cd6e1731 SHA-1: 0e3776c44bc2904ec5838e020647869a78fa2fd9 SHA-256: 74fed224c3a6f45c4dbced6638b9696d345382ba83a1d3b4e16eb22877c3c7a5
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, which identified it as Win.Trojan.Agent-36166. Embedded JavaScript was detected, indicating the file's intent to download and execute a secondary payload. The obfuscated JavaScript, while not fully decipherable, strongly suggests malicious activity consistent with a trojan downloader.

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
1d3a18b31b687234bcc65cdad55839cdd46ea0bb5f4e3b1f2427a1b34f7ca8af
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 74968 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely