Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f5ecc247221621e1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

15.0 KB Created: 2009-11-15 19:41:70 Authoring application: PDF Library 4.3.9 (via PDF Library 3.9.7)
MD5: 6d9505ba9c0447be5d71d701f8c257c7 SHA-1: 0d074d270b30159f3e39fd60b84726cd0c20f1b0 SHA-256: f5ecc247221621e1b368ba7c98d40e68c55b300f1e33cdca4e24470f0f22eb5c
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. ClamAV detections (Win.Trojan.Agent-36166) confirm its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, as is common with this type of attack. The document body is unreadable, but the presence of JavaScript and the ClamAV detection strongly suggest a malicious intent.

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
d31f01096ed0ab2bfc21b332142c691e44024815133abef32e3a3c2c7ae8dd1d
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 83638 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely