Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e75e1c635e7a4e05…

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: 2370020f481523c1c07eeaa79805bb47 SHA-1: 572bdd3ed2b0b566ba35e02de37c4b886f0c0b4c SHA-256: e75e1c635e7a4e054a21d8849c907c5fcdd53612aeec4868b0eebc571f6dbc49
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, as indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. ClamAV detections (Win.Trojan.Agent-36166) confirm its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript is the primary mechanism for the attack, likely serving to download and execute a second-stage payload. The document body was unreadable, so the rationale is based on the script and heuristic findings.

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
3b89ea5c141b57a9695281e431bf5662fbe55612c4fa58c9337a376c358aaaa0
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 74845 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely