Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 adeda8e2986e3431…

MALICIOUS

PDF

15.0 KB Created: 2009-11-15 19:41:70 Authoring application: PDF Library 4.3.9 (via PDF Library 3.9.7)
MD5: cde70cb7511d6f4b2163f233a529cc01 SHA-1: a391167d4431878932eb2ca68a33ab11fd5e52ce SHA-256: adeda8e2986e3431cce4b9f94a3013d2d9067e6b750743b74defeb7de732fe4e
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection identifying it as 'Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7292709-0'. Additionally, an extracted artifact was also detected by ClamAV as 'Win.Trojan.Agent-36166'. The presence of embedded JavaScript actions and streams strongly suggests that this PDF is designed to download and execute a secondary malicious payload, a common technique for dropper malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7292709-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7292709-0
  • 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
887b26c0442443ea070b12d7929ebb8190d5950bcd8eff21a0285295a3940310
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 83729 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely