Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8ee8142d4f4cac82…

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: 293d62f373c4fbe2f87e323d8da8fedb SHA-1: bb5eb53bf5b5449b7fcada572d6cb5fe39773eb1 SHA-256: 8ee8142d4f4cac8231961f3cd7ca2c37403698d317ab158d28f087a42a8994f4
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The critical ClamAV heuristic firings for 'Win.Trojan.Agent-36166' strongly suggest a known malicious trojan. The presence of PDF JavaScript actions and embedded JS streams indicates that the PDF is designed to execute malicious code, likely for downloading and running a second-stage payload. The document body was unreadable, but the technical indicators are sufficient for a high-confidence assessment.

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
2df28897bc58dfb8d467f5c514c1b09f490ecd7ff6d9abf3917b0e6bc130a817
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 74388 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely