Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e60affd110983f6f…

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: f35db0060162e83347f8650690cb35d4 SHA-1: 0d934ed94f1b5ef1b7ad9d15c3b8699ad7e35a9f SHA-256: e60affd110983f6f9b5e744e1c39921697865b32c208d1267e8e65c46fdc8ae7
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 identifying it as 'Win.Trojan.Agent-36166'. Additionally, embedded JavaScript was detected, indicating a likely attempt to execute malicious code upon opening the document. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness. The document body contained unreadable characters, providing no contextual clues.

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
eca9b8bfdec026a6b04eb4b996ea4fbce7cf66bb0badbd615e75209b0591153e
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 74383 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely