Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 304d64dc6a9a453b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.8 KB
MD5: c8201bd4f9a1389eb51681ceeb91be81 SHA-1: fa5dfbafdc600397748b566376b6536bdea4db08 SHA-256: 304d64dc6a9a453be2362d0f73c0ede1cd210c9593133bb6467bd62057fd388a
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS'. The critical 'CVE_2007_5659' firing specifically mentions the use of 'Collab.collectEmailInfo' to execute JavaScript, which is then used to construct and evaluate code. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files ('legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js', 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js') and the ClamAV detection ('Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36064') confirm the malicious nature. The script's intent is to exploit a known PDF vulnerability to achieve code execution.

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-36064 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36064
  • 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
a5c8f0f722df4dd9876a0087e1eee65bd3020c5995f94f6729f7e17f3f3677a0
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19D 331 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
cddf9cc033321c118c7117ac7eca76cc4d5b593a297eb3d1bd5f3a760b808966
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F2 11749 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
426837026a54fa28e773b0313803b32e856140f8c47fd45a3b80090df1115c23
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F2 4950 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).