Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ba91f7adcc38f1ac…

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: 3ee0857143c63e33baff7d770ececaae SHA-1: 0e1486cfcc094dfca7cdc64fc09f17a49bd2aad1 SHA-256: ba91f7adcc38f1acd3d002673101f87284f2839862360ae6da4cd11650ca8a6a
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV with the signature Win.Trojan.Agent-36166. Static analysis revealed embedded JavaScript, indicating an attempt to execute malicious code. The primary attack pattern involves leveraging this JavaScript to download and run a secondary payload. The SHA256 hash is included as a primary IOC.

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
cadbcf24e9786badd1153145d897d1c5e125cf4f926812ff6f29be9a049173f3
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 74345 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely