Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1c2f55b9914c5133…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.2 KB
MD5: 183e5993084226d11e694ab0d6ea08de SHA-1: 0ebe035e3cd725086aba02d766224391a05f50c1 SHA-256: 1c2f55b9914c5133dae84a7d7d328ad6f3df34aef39732682ff7bb6a7eafd9a7
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, identified as malicious by ClamAV and triggering critical heuristics related to CVE-2007-5659. The embedded JavaScript, found in legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js and legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js, is likely responsible for executing the exploit and downloading a secondary payload. The obfuscated nature of the JavaScript and the use of a known exploit indicate a downloader or initial access stage.

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-36062 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062
  • 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
068944f8c011a88ab770b45c6de142b9305a1f515d410204d5eadd9ac2b5bfb3
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19B 373 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
607f4693f734ed0bbf40fc3ad6e9467f1584492457d475466fc83f6d649fe1eb
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 11942 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
f630039c85bb95fa4f436303b8595fbb8c1304e28a732b65da4bdcbbafe4ccab
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 4861 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).