Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 22c58406a9539089…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.8 KB
MD5: c77d72137b86f49399e68258b8415f40 SHA-1: 7a0eb6bc21c7e3fc43ef73fcb6604c8a17bdf093 SHA-256: 22c58406a953908992cbd2d5bf63cbba6b0acb6e8935c2c07b59da43ac6b12f8
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified by multiple heuristics including CVE-2007-5659, indicating an exploit attempt. The extracted JavaScript files, legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js and legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js, are likely responsible for executing the malicious payload. The specific exploit used targets a known PDF vulnerability, suggesting a downloader or dropper functionality.

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
6dcb196bff8e90cae5498a0d2cd63ec401f1d5864a010c6ea6410e67e7e56c2d
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 12001 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
dcb00baceaaab95e613845cd30a3a50c7867168114f992be699ac64efed53e9e
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 5003 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).