Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 75ed318a6d761951…

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: 367b23b7042a99f1bd0a3baf69cf67cf SHA-1: a1682073bf577d5b581a15cd6fd6ecd02e0c9471 SHA-256: 75ed318a6d76195190dced2314d46fdfe33236cb875d8e6881158b993ce8fe92
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, flagged by multiple heuristics, and is detected by ClamAV as Win.Trojan.Agent-36166. The JavaScript is heavily obfuscated but appears to be designed to download and execute a secondary payload, a common technique for malware delivery. The presence of JavaScript and the ClamAV detection strongly indicate a malicious intent, likely delivered via 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
477022af3f8c94ba498ef502c38818ce6bb06922e0fff905999863246212311b
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 75176 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely