Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ddc2633ffad7643b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.6 KB Created: 2009-11-15 19:41:70 Authoring application: PDF Library 4.3.9 (via PDF Library 3.9.7)
MD5: eb286f930ab1623996fdfb9455ff2814 SHA-1: 5ea566048a15f415a2eb675b3ec9ac811625ba80 SHA-256: ddc2633ffad7643b0a854611aa7d8340fb401229b0aa53007efae4c0dd75339c
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file was flagged 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 document is designed to execute malicious code. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness. The embedded JavaScript likely downloads and executes a second-stage payload.

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
ae75cee49ffe1403bd43b8926f0fb5ba4482361937fad60c920f034dd453bf50
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 75206 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely