Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9952d60cfef4f90b…

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: a2cb90370cf671d6f0b78b65d455c458 SHA-1: e28db27abf755f61fd6433c957a008a545198f1a SHA-256: 9952d60cfef4f90b76ab0db4d42beb825589c97c8e56f9da435998fffd6c3f74
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7285414-0' and a critical detection on an extracted artifact as 'Win.Trojan.Agent-36166'. The presence of embedded JavaScript, indicated by the 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS' heuristics, strongly suggests that the PDF is designed to execute malicious code. This script likely acts as a downloader for a secondary payload, which is consistent with the ClamAV detections.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7285414-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7285414-0
  • 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
f1df99cf8c963c8995f55026f9ade8049f242e7f34fbd50bc3580a9f0d350032
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 75362 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely