Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1f2b16eee560b889…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.2 KB
MD5: c076d8f2c8ae9b67835dcc7235b9a5b0 SHA-1: d2b06296f684fdd52c46d13361475e561372cbf2 SHA-256: 1f2b16eee560b88990772126aff8bb958bb5135bc4333c3484ab8ca20931da71
146 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The critical heuristic CVE_2007_5659 indicates exploitation of a known PDF vulnerability using JavaScript. The embedded JavaScript streams, particularly 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js', are heavily obfuscated but suggest the execution of further malicious code. The ClamAV detection further supports the malicious nature of the file. The primary attack vector appears to be the exploitation of CVE-2007-5659 to achieve arbitrary code execution.

Heuristics 6

  • 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-36079 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36079
  • 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.
  • String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE
    String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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
ef8bdac794684ae9cd4eb7091d80e1c5ca478c06c639d72d01626c1f7ce78b6d
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19C 578 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
dffb8f31cafa41b21e491e4075a2785a6143657e616a1920e48ba86f550a8e6b
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x36F 12649 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
4df2ff12c49c30e1aa5b51ad11758f9aa7feeea5917a9f1d66c79d758ffd48a4
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x36F 5211 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).