Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ba03a454e985b8d9…

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: ee9588fe2bf82e4bebe04929989f40ff SHA-1: 3bfdee2256d7a02d9bec7eb3db5a730d20d6548d SHA-256: ba03a454e985b8d940776a3c90a3309926dd06f5dbd211ce33aada7c8c926c0e
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Win.Trojan.Agent-36166'. The presence of embedded JavaScript, indicated by PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS firings, suggests the file is designed to execute malicious code. The ML classifier also provided a very high confidence score for maliciousness. The extracted artifact 'javascript_obj0007_000.js' likely contains the malicious script.

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
015fbe6290f06a0c1410b63259e09e50004d017c2fd39bc7c75db354939afe95
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 75154 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely