Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2bafed16572cede0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.2 KB
MD5: e01d4f1cb4de4219b42ec363bb54109e SHA-1: b63f7ecaa563eb9c9dd9d6f0b6911f941f1dd195 SHA-256: 2bafed16572cede00a82224a91aa475f6ce9769a8ae6a0304484b46b1821ea9b
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains obfuscated JavaScript, identified by the CVE-2007-5659 heuristic, which targets a known Adobe Reader vulnerability. The embedded JavaScript streams, specifically 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' and 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js', are indicative of a multi-stage attack designed to download and execute further malicious content. The ClamAV detection 'Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject' further supports the malicious nature of the file.

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: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
  • 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
6f60a1053baafdc578f85eae84a2dc6d16775fbd66240d82cbfb7b4f4ff4e90a
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19D 295 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
268edd4bc0c5472547a24f8aeb693783a96893804c30bbd6c8c5aa61c37fd99a
deobfuscated-js z-percent hex-pair decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2E9 5196 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
b76a74a9b7e194de230f6757dfce76cb992783eb3b6e503a8f8f27039d0250eb
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2E9 12417 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).