Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9849e05510360134…

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: 885bd7fe06ea100cb35d0e2ecd6f8938 SHA-1: 36f1367868a6bfc8ce75cf4912f3d921922553a8 SHA-256: 9849e05510360134dfdcc618ecb65cd95e4574e5c92f2c1cde1fdf4c33baf1ce
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV with the signature Win.Trojan.Agent-36166. Static analysis revealed embedded JavaScript, indicating an attempt to execute malicious code. The JavaScript action and embedded JS stream heuristics suggest the script is responsible for the malicious behavior, likely downloading and executing a second-stage payload.

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
2add7d91a54ee040cd3169a7da6fe0d0134fcf88559bf286add6a23db47ee119
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 74424 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely