Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3171383d437c07e4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.8 KB
MD5: d77ef1ecc190aaae425cad5f8fd1e89f SHA-1: a78a5c7671e2ee4f8c84c45866a11971db63ebe9 SHA-256: 3171383d437c07e4fa126ff1cbc0c579c125affbc24370abeae2c04d39f5b8ab
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 including PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS. The critical CVE-2007-5659 heuristic indicates the exploitation of a known vulnerability using JavaScript. ClamAV also detected this as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36065. The embedded JavaScript streams, particularly legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js and legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js, are likely responsible for the malicious behavior, potentially downloading and executing further payloads.

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
107c6e8fe7498509b6d3fd61151bc8961901249cfce225777cf6a3b31af7f923
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 12193 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
6227139857cf962a3e628ed1760cd1efd27247eb10751caf1b011dff21b80e43
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 5009 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).