Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 075af21dd44fce89…

MALICIOUS

PDF

8.4 KB
MD5: 74da540b6ef7ce8a2a95c51e01405d1b SHA-1: 195c403d1e182af8ed9e8d2fe51b7cf2eacda685 SHA-256: 075af21dd44fce89ea239f650c43e26445844c8351ebf74ee658a9245e7ac6b7
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript that leverages the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability. This JavaScript is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload, as indicated by the critical heuristic firing and the presence of deobfuscated JavaScript code. The ML classifier strongly supports the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 4

  • Collab.collectEmailInfo — CVE-2007-5659 critical CVE exact CVE_2007_5659
    PDF JavaScript calls Collab.collectEmailInfo — CVE-2007-5659 is a buffer overflow in Adobe Reader triggered by a long argument or heap-sprayed message field passed to Collab.collectEmailInfo(). Part of a series of Acrobat JS API exploits. (identified after JavaScript deobfuscation)
  • 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.
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE
    One or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0001_000.js
83d868ca09aae4e93f83190f30250d23441e6eae8675885e181b362c864a4449
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 1 at offset 0xF 36 bytes
javascript_obj0013_001.js
3586c1fe8fd3e6df77cd5d9d519cdcf4b93246dbd8a9bfa5c67b2d19cd6ae635
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x35F 16076 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
f389225a7e6c4713bb3d0abd0b4126e4db3671b0b9e709d53de3aead3bad1f5b
deobfuscated-js reverse-string concatenation decoded JavaScript at offset 0x35F 2043 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).