Js.Trojan.Agent-36967 PDF malware analysis — malicious · ad71e325010c3518

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.7 KB

MD5: f46cd8f747e5e40cf661f15a89994a18 SHA-1: 5a77f265ce6804c023dca108b3ffe2b9d4f2796e SHA-256: ad71e325010c3518b21072db5a66b02fbb3b25a7665aa48347eead49675c8da2

224 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Js.Trojan.Agent-36967 · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file exploits CVE-2010-0188, a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader related to XFA forms. ClamAV detections indicate the presence of a JavaScript Trojan (Js.Trojan.Agent-36967). The embedded script payload is likely responsible for downloading and executing further malicious content, leveraging the exploit to bypass initial security measures. The embedded URL is likely part of the exploit or payload delivery mechanism.

Heuristics 8

Adobe Reader LibTIFF XFA image exploit — CVE-2010-0188 critical CVE likely CVE_2010_0188

PDF contains the CVE-2010-0188 exploit template: XFA JavaScript heap-spray setup, a generated TIFF image payload, and assignment of that TIFF data to an XFA image field rawValue to trigger Adobe Reader's LibTIFF parser.
ClamAV: Js.Trojan.Agent-36967 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Js.Trojan.Agent-36967
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.
Embedded script payload in PDF stream medium PDF_EMBEDDED_SCRIPT_PAYLOAD

PDF stream bytes contain an HTML/XFA <script> tag without accompanying Windows shell-execution primitives — common in accessible XFA forms but worth surfacing for analyst review.
Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED

PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
XFA form low PDF_XFA

PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
AcroForm button with action trigger low PDF_ACROFORM_BUTTON

PDF contains a /Btn form field together with a SubmitForm/URI/Launch/JS trigger — this is the building block of fake 'Download' or 'Open' button overlays used in PDF phishing lures
Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL

One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.

URL http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-locale-set/2.1/

Extracted artifacts 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0041.bin` `c06dcd026a7ea0536b63e07ce688691b585339a3ab7ff59065e546b56308c7bb`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 41 at offset 0xE61	85 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0042.bin` `dda0835df994b8be920f715db36452f6cee7bb42bbc9c897f878a7b298ba8e91`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 42 at offset 0xF13	1029 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0111.bin` `e71701f3759a49e6de471ad39bd6ef4f457bfc3a48ba1ae0eb65ec721f456e9f`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 111 at offset 0x112D	52775 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Js.Trojan.Agent-36967 Obfuscation or payload: unlikely
`embedded_file_obj0044.bin` `3dd68f00f4fcb366a2a3a17c65cb2626eeddf5ea5713302d374310561d810169`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 44 at offset 0x214F	144 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0045.bin` `10c03f88a5f0a0833dc5b2c8ac295b3a3c6f65e23889eb8cc1dc6fe29bf7f275`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 45 at offset 0x21FC	77 bytes

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