Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7a7024ce7d08ac34…

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: ef73ed2d11909e57048ba421825ece8e SHA-1: 20c43a805738e03d7efd5506f07223d6a35d6ff1 SHA-256: 7a7024ce7d08ac34104edfcbd1833f61cb0beb7d25d53db77153b2656c39bf37
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, which identified it as Win.Trojan.Agent-36166. Embedded JavaScript was detected, indicating an attempt to execute code within the PDF viewer. The script likely downloads and executes a second-stage payload, a common technique for this type of threat.

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
fa52acc78c41566f875f325187a6ba4aa952177e4e5045e3e0fb13e7af8be2db
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 74995 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely