Win.Trojan.Agent-36166 — PDF malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 adab784f92b99f4f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

15.2 KB Created: 2009-11-15 19:41:70 Authoring application: PDF Library 4.3.9 (via PDF Library 3.9.7)
MD5: e3752aae72562f0e62c70e38ef2bc117 SHA-1: 6098ff7e76617a0fec45d08a580537ec7b0167cd SHA-256: adab784f92b99f4f87e5e736e5b3cbe1f1a69938d615e13d55b76429f1a72d8a
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Win.Trojan.Agent-36166 · confidence 98%

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

The file was detected as malicious by multiple engines, including ClamAV which identified it as Win.Trojan.Agent-36166. Heuristics indicate the presence of embedded JavaScript, which is commonly used in malicious PDFs to download and execute further payloads. The ML classifier also strongly flagged this PDF as malicious.

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
253769b9c238fa962dc7cf0eb6ca238daa3be53ed043734ba50eb7f00b5c0309
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 84234 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely