Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 991715c2f3f538f2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

27.7 KB
MD5: 4b90559e07e4c8f2a74d58cfcbbb2461 SHA-1: 3888358fe332e7b8c7ac28d069fdf31c9334ee37 SHA-256: 991715c2f3f538f22d19f570c31223f117877fe7cc37bb7cafe4ecdd2cb0483b
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV with the signature Win.Trojan.Agent-36100. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to download and execute further stages of malware. The obfuscated nature of the JavaScript suggests an intent to evade detection. The extracted JavaScript files are likely responsible for the malicious behavior.

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36100 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Win.Trojan.Agent-36100
  • 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0008_000.js
3d3c998dbdcf18d74428a95e2b4c8d6014c09391b20db46c6ce41ee28dd71f33
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7 27621 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36100
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
e9bc0ed9508be60a2d5f205a94e5745802e7797dc9ce604b534314a4210a256a
deobfuscated-js double percent-decoded annotation JavaScript at offset 0x1E7 15189 bytes