Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2e7b79c5bd17c682…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.3 KB
MD5: aa4acd655d8330cb1c5b2476fb49a99a SHA-1: 4adb7cab5231e186c8de320d3cff45824e8fe6d8 SHA-256: 2e7b79c5bd17c682dc0e9fbddde87a9fc456606953f16b8a9546ba96624b4520
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, identified as malicious by ClamAV (Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062). Heuristics indicate the exploitation of CVE-2007-5659 via JavaScript, which is used to collect information and likely execute further stages. Two deobfuscated JavaScript files were extracted, suggesting a multi-stage download and execution process.

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
6532961d84295c621e0d1eb353be40056156dec2a1c6d1e1da78bf833b08b5c5
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 11918 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
726ae94ba3d6ab46e0dbd2f36daa562daa914b944f476068d492282787207dbc
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 4905 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).