Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eea820762e0fc41c…

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: 72123b19968b4e831dbd5103107f1eb5 SHA-1: a93207d0f1bae0715ed824a43e53f72f2070d42f SHA-256: eea820762e0fc41cfc96a31b44edf8b031e9f404884de7ff00d1cfd8a672c29a
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV with the signature Win.Trojan.Agent-36166. Static analysis revealed embedded JavaScript, indicating the file's likely purpose is to download and execute a second-stage payload. The presence of JavaScript actions and embedded JS streams strongly suggests this malicious behavior.

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
1ab25de0694077864b92242901ba80b4908ba71d5f16b6f067048011f9e909a2
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 74679 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely