Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e0a77c5652b162f4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

15.1 KB Created: 2009-11-15 19:41:70 Authoring application: PDF Library 4.3.9 (via PDF Library 3.9.7)
MD5: 2b6cf9c4524eae29cb3ba2c3b09c2b28 SHA-1: 1dba91ba919452d1c5b86c07edcdfd092d3744c2 SHA-256: e0a77c5652b162f4f2ff58e190a750b18ce6f3d296d81f35a5a74c41ae7ebf1a
168 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection identifying it as 'Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7314483-0'. An extracted artifact was also detected by ClamAV as 'Win.Trojan.Agent-36166'. The presence of embedded JavaScript, indicated by the 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS' heuristics, strongly suggests that the PDF is designed to execute malicious code, likely to download and run a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7314483-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7314483-0
  • 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
e95864b7b8d11825046273e51d9b264d661c66c18b9c08fefd7918b98079082d		 pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 84126 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely

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