Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b6a6a779c7b54961…

MALICIOUS

PDF

17.9 KB Created: 2009-08-23 19:47:07 Authoring application: error 4 (via PDF Library 4.5.1.5)
MD5: f9a16c7b2277af034a195ebf589131b1 SHA-1: 07bf5b51b8ecc137ae6a43a3fc9ca5b3ca60f6d5 SHA-256: b6a6a779c7b549618c2b3288e96e37809235c55761000cf6c3eb1a6429769003
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/Shell

The PDF was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious. The presence of embedded JavaScript streams indicates that the PDF is designed to execute code. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Dropper.Agent-5342604-0' suggests it acts as a dropper for other malicious content. No specific URLs or hashes were extracted, but the embedded JavaScript is the primary mechanism for the attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-5342604-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-5342604-0
  • 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0014_000.js
3f09c33c2a2e65a3312e98158f7426bb0d90164d4f7d6f7c990fb8ce72c447ea
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 14 at offset 0x398 1166333 bytes
javascript_obj0014_001.js
8539ece9b85c9ebf8caaa2f1c5a7d512bdbf29743e9292974cfe0f060ba99a60
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 14 at offset 0x3D0 524288 bytes