Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 278321d6bf740c9a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.6 KB
MD5: c6eef5ac52ed9747ee6f1ccabc22ff3c SHA-1: 54315debcd8eee08165787a685e776772746c463 SHA-256: 278321d6bf740c9acd2b20cce0a4eeea92bd4099d309cb28cab6694fb64cfcb8
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/Shell Script Execution: JavaScript Execution T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution: Malicious File

The critical heuristic CVE_2007_5659 indicates the exploitation of a known PDF vulnerability using embedded JavaScript. The file also contains embedded JavaScript streams and deobfuscated JavaScript files, suggesting a multi-stage attack. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript likely downloads and executes a second-stage payload.

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
42e0692ac037952fcd68c502fe95120518e4dc320b962b6c35a1851f80211f51
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12307 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
c23a475031684f1f6f681e8dbfa779e007df95fc4f6176724c93de7f32596847
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5142 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).