Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 97ed7deb08d655bd…

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: 95141ca632b5e3766630dcc6b2e47cfb SHA-1: 112b9accec53bfc27fd1cf79afa199ab6e178ce1 SHA-256: 97ed7deb08d655bd90a3d1e9aac50c9adc6591798504eb0fb8d957517667d61f
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV with the signature Win.Trojan.Agent-36166. Static analysis revealed embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. This JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, which is a common technique for malware delivery. The document body was unreadable, so the rationale is based on the heuristics and ClamAV detection.

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
1a2f6a8755246c4c034b32a4800f8335c8b6547776a364156d221902fbc3eb1b
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 74965 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely