Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9fe1454116473b68…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.3 KB Created: 2009-11-15 19:41:70 Authoring application: PDF Library 4.3.9 (via PDF Library 3.9.7)
MD5: db32ff506b80ebad8f4b7ec7388dc7a0 SHA-1: bfcd3fd7434bce8c6fdc68169d26a58845845fef SHA-256: 9fe1454116473b685f42d4579ec858df18468fbe8b9e424d0eb55922c7467d57
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection identifying it as Win.Trojan.Agent-36166. Embedded JavaScript was also detected, indicating the file likely attempts to download and execute a second-stage payload. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness.

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
d101044ee1bac152537cc43489b8bff78cca617253f741e5770f2cbbd1db50ef
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 75093 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely