Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9ff01ab8b1132664…

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: 1b700684c22219a51e22a90e593eb944 SHA-1: cb6a192ba2f8652fbb4f1f42ecadee3f53032f6c SHA-256: 9ff01ab8b11326649e43bfdf6e6d82f384071c4ab153f5ffa9a35de8b703e297
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings. The ClamAV detection as 'Win.Trojan.Agent-36166' strongly suggests malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript stream is likely responsible for executing the malicious payload, although its specific actions cannot be determined due to truncation. The document body is unreadable, providing no further context.

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
e3b5e62b7b2552348a4ece1a4169c9b205e01220211cdfd78c8a3d2870643266
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 74916 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely