Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b09497cf93de0bfd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.3 KB Created: 2009-11-15 19:41:70 Authoring application: PDF Library 4.3.9 (via PDF Library 3.9.7)
MD5: 5f1f41b12be6a6d15ee5172f0003d545 SHA-1: ee8a520b4fc04676ad43bf6dfce15516d7de655d SHA-256: b09497cf93de0bfdc177755c423934143eacc4e511fe59d0b890dd7d384c395b
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The critical ClamAV heuristic firings indicate the file is recognized as Win.Trojan.Agent-36166. Additionally, low-severity heuristics detected embedded JavaScript actions and streams within the PDF structure. The presence of JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code, likely to download and run a secondary payload or exploit a vulnerability.

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
0b96e3ac81efc932fc576295bad4fd1411ee8791174070750cc35b693fc35939
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 74574 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely