Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2ad702f758d4a68e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.0 KB
MD5: 0092cad5ff1bd75b2472ba771893548e SHA-1: 6709cb60527fc213be4ac7e3b35b033174b901ed SHA-256: 2ad702f758d4a68e2774f29c566f7739daf602a864f9e73bdc81996324bf9337
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The critical CVE_2007_5659 heuristic indicates the exploitation of a known vulnerability using the Collab.collectEmailInfo function to execute JavaScript. This script is likely designed to download and execute a second-stage payload, as suggested by the suspicious extracted JavaScript files and the ClamAV detection of Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36065. The exact payload and delivery mechanism are not fully discernible from the provided evidence, leading to an 'unknown family' classification.

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
288c5c39a105cb0b4998b3624c7c290e372f2d74f5a042eb950ae510860529d1
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 12376 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
6fb0434bf8bccc02c5f32e44d7dfec528c982dcc31f58d6fc1a2e25daa1ca189
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).