Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ad9a3530608d830b…

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: eeb5d4823e39570d174d3571a3782b4d SHA-1: daa84de584006dad2683a1eb2996373d0a725e37 SHA-256: ad9a3530608d830b9886accb6e4fa1fc0e9a2aff325a00e3ee2064fd7ef5e0a7
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

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 a likely exploit attempt. The ML classifier output of 0.999924 further supports the malicious nature of the file. The primary IOC is the ClamAV detection signature.

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
4eb0fd4bfc5c83864d55d7cd8aaaf925240a6aba4c32af2fc0dab0bb9db5255c
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 74948 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely