Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2fb7ebbafaac999d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.2 KB
MD5: 0580a3c42b000e22b433f5f1299f5174 SHA-1: d0d9046cb2c6da73a0ebcb01d30fa1f2011609d9 SHA-256: 2fb7ebbafaac999de3f58797a09e17d431ec189e0288268e09afb62adb6603c3
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 with the signature Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36065. Heuristics indicate the use of CVE-2007-5659, which involves JavaScript execution via PDF actions. The deobfuscated JavaScript streams, legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js and legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js, suggest a multi-stage process likely aimed at downloading and executing further malicious content.

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
e5b3acb2f094137f67785ba52c6a7e2bf6489a76b3379ac3a0d768ab0e28cc2d
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 12586 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
805b413df8e4f61fb64a44947d07c02899bcee19854154bb40eb30f2dc6bf91a
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 5233 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).