Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 efedf70caf93d3ea…

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: 64dfcc8ec54f5c43855d91dc6fc6b5c7 SHA-1: fc2c09d45930e9b68b1b9aef5b0ae543e6591b2a SHA-256: efedf70caf93d3eae7afbf39895fbde45388ca4b7be6291fa25c6d38c24e545c
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by heuristic firings for PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS. ClamAV detections (Win.Trojan.Agent-36166) confirm its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for executing the malicious payload, leading to the detection of this file as a trojan.

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
0d6e2d28965b6867b275e10fa76a957da0391fcdb8ad0ddc0769cf8b27fc85c3
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 74323 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely