Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d0320b3c70346548…

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: 57f5bcb4f38c469cff4871087450d7c9 SHA-1: a205c241869c934b4ee865b651e8ee47acaa89b9 SHA-256: d0320b3c703465483855302dc74126e7ee9f3df905fa8d41806310ddf06c4762
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Win.Trojan.Agent-36166. Static analysis revealed embedded JavaScript, indicated by PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. This JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload, contributing to the malicious verdict. The document body was unreadable, so the rationale relies on the heuristics and ClamAV detection.

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
29a7bd6f03965727e3609add45623ce8f9321422961764a74a6b3bd13c58b75a
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 75177 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely