Win.Trojan.Agent-36166 — PDF malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a85b6b38fa4556a0…

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: 48105e238b773e8b2c61df4b33908119 SHA-1: 36c050ec3fc0e8042781da224ae02f098527695b SHA-256: a85b6b38fa4556a0e754b88923795d431db76659020ba32f86ff226d4536e24b
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Win.Trojan.Agent-36166 · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The critical ClamAV heuristic firings indicate the file is recognized as Win.Trojan.Agent-36166. Additionally, PDF-specific heuristics detected embedded JavaScript actions and streams, suggesting the PDF is designed to exploit vulnerabilities and execute malicious code. The extracted JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload.

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
525384d8596aa6d7861f1f1ea439b0173239baf6b69160ec273441597dc40ca4
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 74789 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely