Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2243d0773e2fad19…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.6 KB
MD5: 07a7db0aaa661889b1575e0546102fc3 SHA-1: a773eb14ae08fd1e0776925857b6e4e1289f2e2d SHA-256: 2243d0773e2fad19f4f370a5c5ae1dedbf645171b057e2e1c1af69965bf31bcf
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The critical heuristic CVE_2007_5659 indicates the exploitation of a known PDF vulnerability using embedded JavaScript. The extracted JavaScript files, legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js and legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js, 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-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
d0a667a05c3f0439fb6390a58ff389f91dedde0c09c356d8ee9b9cd9e1eb703a
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12357 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
18e149ca03ecb793ddbead236b8d6e9ca28ce392f6287681d8b4ee8b98a8db54
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5035 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).