Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9bb1dff176b480c3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.4 KB Created: 2009-11-15 19:41:70 Authoring application: PDF Library 4.3.9 (via PDF Library 3.9.7)
MD5: f58d9f6d750b1d8bb3bcd633c2192d0f SHA-1: d06d8ffd0264cfeceb753933e0119637fa982b59 SHA-256: 9bb1dff176b480c320f1515f0918050e0d941991532d9ee16f55f784891ad000
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Win.Trojan.Agent-36166'. Embedded JavaScript was detected, which is often used to download and execute further malicious content. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness. The primary IOC is the embedded JavaScript file itself.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

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
6c90b9da240bc0200c797059facd4f45973393ca9c113885242fbd6b67e2ddf9
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 74590 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely