Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b741e6fdee1807c7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.5 KB Created: 2009-11-15 19:41:70 Authoring application: PDF Library 4.3.9 (via PDF Library 3.9.7)
MD5: f69b015092ad7a90313b0e242a1dff44 SHA-1: f98b42b9146935b01ae965951ab0a7f02d64588b SHA-256: b741e6fdee1807c7332faf0d30b1001d14dc8e8bd5da4188a742694d2ef46813
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection identifying it as Win.Trojan.Agent-36166. Embedded JavaScript was detected, which is commonly used to download and execute secondary payloads. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness. The document body was unreadable, but the presence of JavaScript and the ClamAV signature strongly suggest a trojan downloader.

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
a92d06cbf9ed442fc3b449823728c3b23a92ba05f22b9c2b1b15dd1eb83834b1
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 75221 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely