Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2000f2297524c933…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.2 KB
MD5: b541d47e9f151d174e0a0aa935253169 SHA-1: f68b8e97e7ec5faad8c08e28351c93b4c17fcf15 SHA-256: 2000f2297524c933c2a7f301c2ad045fbbdad6b396254ab7db08ac49698bbaeb
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. Specifically, the CVE-2007-5659 heuristic indicates the use of a known exploit targeting Adobe Reader's JavaScript engine. The deobfuscated JavaScript files, legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js and legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js, were extracted and likely contain code to download and execute further malicious content. 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-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
1d8dcf10d96027e1333567aee76e32786c3322abe283fa2f9f5eca59a128b670
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 12417 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
7b473ed1790ed80aaabab6e5df4c6b7544a8a41d2f4c7dae28ac32e00660a796
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 5196 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).