Malicious PDF / .TXT — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1bca540287cfb711…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .TXT

13.4 KB
MD5: c41ec8bc2e2c973ec407c6223f7b9cd8 SHA-1: 6ffb4f19e12387b8faf0a4db95b78c94d095d0d9 SHA-256: 1bca540287cfb711173446a6dd8e840acb996f759c3508ee88a9915d5ece8c37
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The critical heuristic CVE_2007_5659 indicates the exploitation of a known vulnerability in PDF documents using JavaScript. The embedded JavaScript streams, particularly legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js and legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js, are deobfuscated and likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload. The ClamAV detection further supports the malicious nature of the file.

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.Exploit.Agent-36064 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36064
  • 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_obj0007_000.js
a5c8f0f722df4dd9876a0087e1eee65bd3020c5995f94f6729f7e17f3f3677a0
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19D 331 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
ceb2bbd84a651325c9cdf23f465084c888ef05732b8bdb55e0b811460f271c3a
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F2 12470 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
cde4cf52bccb23a73212a2bc173abdf15b9e0322b9052101589a9cdf28a37212
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F2 5258 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).