Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d8e99a769e9127e7…

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: b18ba0b3fe84a994ec02fa88046ec415 SHA-1: 2985a0ff562cbbe09f14fb1739a2623a977dea3d SHA-256: d8e99a769e9127e764b03a0dd2828883df3117324aa93fde57b18c973178dc15
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The file is a PDF document that contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. ClamAV detections (Win.Trojan.Agent-36166) confirm its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for executing the malicious payload, as suggested by the ClamAV detection name.

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
bdfa0cbf19b11e2d2368cf9c1866131d374c68f2a7440d39159668e8ed5e2357
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 74886 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely