Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 29e1cd6767d963a0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.0 KB
MD5: ab34956f24e509ee55284640a670e807 SHA-1: c11e1e4267ec907a725749cd8eb25538ea1e71a4 SHA-256: 29e1cd6767d963a06f59061b336de09d9005306b99fd0a2fe402a34a86e98cd7
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The critical heuristic CVE_2007_5659 indicates the exploitation of a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader via embedded JavaScript. The presence of multiple extracted JavaScript files, including 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' and 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js', suggests a multi-stage attack. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36065' further confirms the malicious nature of the PDF. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary 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-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
714e5c7487ae567e9edc774cc3ed85f138b7c61e971c10eb6f993830c2256d5a
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 12237 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
ec0c97a9d3e39c9336a016d5989af6d2bcb43ed0f49adedca2740ec2f083430d
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 5090 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).