Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e9a4fea2495c2cdd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.5 KB Created: 2009-11-15 19:41:70 Authoring application: PDF Library 4.3.9 (via PDF Library 3.9.7)
MD5: c0dd7c537304005b3c213b0c9ae69add SHA-1: faf1650b8b8c67bda0cefac8b1f7b8161e42944e SHA-256: e9a4fea2495c2cdd260b4223aaa0ddef17138e57913ae487e328c8639cee21ab
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV with the signature Win.Trojan.Agent-36166. Heuristics indicate the presence of JavaScript actions and embedded JS streams, suggesting the file is designed to execute malicious code. The large size of the embedded JavaScript object further supports this. The document body content is unreadable, but the technical indicators point to a malicious script execution.

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
f3d46979e4211604c8e901df9ced5930ff4f4c690947437ff5838bb7ff179e9e
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 75149 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely