Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0f14ade00dda2f56…

MALICIOUS

PDF

7.9 KB
MD5: 9cf837984adaefc8fd0ed91ae80a04f2 SHA-1: e39ac48649a1a729ca6e747956e85ba0e079a3fe SHA-256: 0f14ade00dda2f56d33b1f8bfe212d265df390fd163672e3b71127dbb7f16632
168 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that is obfuscated and uses a known exploit (CVE-2007-5659) for execution. The JavaScript is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload, as indicated by the ClamAV detection and the ML classifier's high confidence. The specific payload URL or its behavior could not be fully determined due to the obfuscation and truncation of the script.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 5

  • 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)
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7011196-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7011196-0
  • 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
e0d28875fdd88600b3d2d8f9ce6eae5169efd6db1bd19d516a7e3c2edce4a3ec
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 1 at offset 0xF 32 bytes
javascript_obj0013_001.js
dddff431bee9f01908a0ccb1b7491ac5d901dc08adc6a01e90aeb1fc4aae6c8e
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x357 14448 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
312d2abca28a5970f927e92d56d192dd752a814fced681abc91c0f64d3124004
deobfuscated-js reverse-string concatenation decoded JavaScript at offset 0x357 2043 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).