Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 758b26146f54325c…

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: 14859dddc94b86fc05c1a2c3185eb3d9 SHA-1: a66233153645058ae1202b753f0f626a0dcf5065 SHA-256: 758b26146f54325c9628077b19c2f8caeb6124de726890024d38ca68349e46e0
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 and a machine learning classifier, with ClamAV identifying it as Win.Trojan.Agent-36166. Embedded JavaScript was detected, which is commonly used to download and execute further malicious content. The obfuscated JavaScript appears to be constructing a URL or command, but the exact payload and destination could not be fully reconstructed due to truncation and obfuscation.

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
5c8391403765a8ae2cb95c6c083d23940bbd436a1056b1ebb102a9861474e710
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 74586 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely