Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cc6958d8da030a0c…

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: dfcd8ae3f705eeeb0acc2eae8c2f7b64 SHA-1: d3ded7222e412d30269f218dd3736d67148dd352 SHA-256: cc6958d8da030a0c26116b55523221bf51f2772030071ca286245f5e85e9ae69
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection identifying it as Win.Trojan.Agent-36166. The presence of embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics, suggests that the document is designed to execute malicious code. The ML classifier also provided a very high confidence score for maliciousness. The primary attack vector appears to be the exploitation of PDF vulnerabilities to deliver a trojan.

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
6e60559911cd2ad1cb35359c05e65f5611933ac4974e5f893d6cdf60e0bfd4e1
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 74784 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely