Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f046ab6d1df1434c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.3 KB Created: 2009-11-15 19:41:70 Authoring application: PDF Library 4.3.9 (via PDF Library 3.9.7)
MD5: eca81753e4c566cc59aaec23e1fa7c63 SHA-1: 6c9f9379007a5e5506cc3dd85dc4768a550bdbf4 SHA-256: f046ab6d1df1434cb9d14da2cf093e8cd5edd0f3fcdaf29ccfad669f48296a65
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript

The PDF was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection identifying it as Win.Trojan.Agent-36166. An embedded JavaScript stream was also detected, indicating the likely execution of malicious code. The ML classifier strongly supports the malicious verdict. The document body was unreadable, but the presence of JavaScript and the ClamAV detection strongly suggest this PDF is designed to deliver a malicious payload.

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
4b37539f750ec3a4c5f5faeb4ad40fcf73eb4a09b7568aed1c79343cecf8203f
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 74196 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely