Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2ee49aae61acae92…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.0 KB
MD5: e0efdfd0d509c6796c0216e9ac0703d4 SHA-1: 9f3786854ec995cec9a8f1345ea6d4c5cfafd662 SHA-256: 2ee49aae61acae92f2a61e50c9fe8cecfe5c75a0f52b276a2fc351da02569211
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified by multiple heuristics and flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36065. The critical heuristic CVE_2007_5659 indicates the exploitation of a known PDF vulnerability using JavaScript. The embedded JavaScript streams, legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js and legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js, are likely responsible for executing the malicious 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
7d566c497c0ad2f1daf000cde269a5e167cf78dee7183720816d408af88b515d
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 12310 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
dec456d4606761b985ed2c3f6c863f03c789d6369d977983c559ee4c7d0d8cf5
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 5059 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).