Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e4f185ffb43633fd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.4 KB Created: 2009-11-15 19:41:70 Authoring application: PDF Library 4.3.9 (via PDF Library 3.9.7)
MD5: dc68900d06088f293a6d703d723699a9 SHA-1: 5bc44ddcddeb7e9cafba5e021c18be8ff617f3aa SHA-256: e4f185ffb43633fd169f19e30aef1826299c396018e06213c6082470f00ccf49
166 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 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 is likely responsible for downloading and executing 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
a1d3630b122a1a72d7737de293dab94b63e7f27c14724e5e4f2f30ffa1636edd
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 74785 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely