Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f74e517c1ab3e80a…

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: 912dbc9d8405afd4dd02082d7cc5e185 SHA-1: ca9676ed57835499f47df56c34270f58f792d290 SHA-256: f74e517c1ab3e80a540dab008ff90b6c597a92a4daea6b03cda1967a1160cff5
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7685846-0' and an extracted artifact also detected by ClamAV as 'Win.Trojan.Agent-36166'. The presence of embedded JavaScript, indicated by the 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS' heuristics, strongly suggests that the PDF is designed to execute malicious code. This script likely downloads and executes a secondary payload, a common technique for dropper malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7685846-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7685846-0
  • 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
d251697925c9a6f1819e9fa357884f66a9d11976e318d3f80addd8c3684de966		 pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 84007 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely

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