Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b172fde6b6a3b418…

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: 9e4099a02768c3c7486412ebcd3f5588 SHA-1: dee0a5517a00d2ea9b75d93efe04618315ceed8f SHA-256: b172fde6b6a3b418e83addff22bd010489f98132268e58c3d9d1a9bf6eab957a
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, as indicated by multiple heuristic firings and ClamAV detections. The ML classifier strongly suggests maliciousness. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload, as suggested by the ClamAV detection of 'Win.Trojan.Agent-36166' on an extracted artifact. The document body is unreadable, but the presence of JavaScript and the ClamAV detections point to a dropper or exploit-based attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7294115-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7294115-0
  • 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
20d6fb520a501b72908378ff48b0bcb3fd23fbed1bab6978211e2b7bea771c1f
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 74521 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely