Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1ed0e439d0d20320…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.0 KB
MD5: e4092e5e140b9bcd2d4096046cccf568 SHA-1: 3a77b300512208321a29389e02c7fe2c267f5d8c SHA-256: 1ed0e439d0d20320942cd6f5c3685dc8f9d2e096f0297159b6917705cfba9b7f
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and triggers a critical heuristic for CVE-2007-5659, indicating exploitation of a known vulnerability. The embedded JavaScript streams, particularly 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' and 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js', are likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload. The ClamAV detection further confirms 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-36065 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36065
  • 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
9c67560e8c63b720885d3efc1627b844b86a6ec08e99e5b65a22eae832045756
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19C 431 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
b63d455c1af5b21f2936d3c82600411306b19a2a02922d52deb5bb62f62d0551
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 12425 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
1398bf4449a5b9c2b346b206554b0dff6ae29071fd8208e00fae4f78225d7bed
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 5073 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).