Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2b35aa99574fbf56…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.0 KB
MD5: fc907b179fd1d336b16f4a068619787c SHA-1: 11af7ac7507b1077a5fbeb37b73352866d5c3b88 SHA-256: 2b35aa99574fbf565ee95591c0804fa8123d20183942f514a6707bd31ad13810
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability. This script is designed to deobfuscate and execute further JavaScript stages, indicated by the extracted files 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' and 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js'. The overall intent appears to be the download and execution of a secondary payload, characteristic of a multi-stage attack.

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
069e93f39f872726123af1f0f149e0881776da9fe9ffaa7bfa12b95ffe40be1c
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 12429 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
83d62a74e15251dcdf39cc459a3f0c66e87dad0e4f4bf49ac0db0ecbd4f7ef6f
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 5164 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).