Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 33c9109ed63f03b1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.6 KB
MD5: ef5554738b140235e2e919e70a7fb5bf SHA-1: 4d935dc1d012ff4a2f21bf5e6b1f7b225a81a8cd SHA-256: 33c9109ed63f03b164e4a70bea17715e156c41ac0d8c1eb8ce6e25599f98c03d
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified by multiple heuristics including CVE-2007-5659, which is known to exploit vulnerabilities in PDF viewers. The extracted JavaScript files, 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' and 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js', are indicative of a multi-stage exploit. The primary function of the embedded script appears to be the download and execution of further malicious content, a common technique for delivering second-stage 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
85e984ebde449bf58d9c4d18adf9bb5f7ea613d2fd4ffb9205a7d42823a2236a
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 11730 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
f19fd9c925412b8f31084c41167aba29df6687a28a9aed718f499a629be3da86
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 4868 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).