Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fb19622427191011…

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: 1f06ac1dcd5044648818f3b557f36f2d SHA-1: ec6d477c22bae32f21cb005354b78f5f473920be SHA-256: fb19622427191011b10519b4d6ff3ad58f8468986a2b0aadbf5c951aca50194c
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file triggered critical heuristics indicating it is malicious, specifically ClamAV detections for 'Win.Trojan.Agent-36166'. The presence of embedded JavaScript, identified by 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS' heuristics, suggests an attempt to execute code. The document body content is unreadable, but the combination of PDF format and JavaScript strongly implies a malicious intent, likely to download and execute a second-stage payload.

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
9cf39fb11500c3fb605da22cd501a946c1ab38c04345e368e47358fcf3383e04
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 74832 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely