Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 371946a00518445f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.6 KB
MD5: 0586b22218cc5d5ee001688065e374e9 SHA-1: 2e6e0079cc71285fbef2f628ea6397479252c4f5 SHA-256: 371946a00518445ffbdb0b5b84778e478d14f6702741495c0a98acaca723a491
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The critical CVE_2007_5659 heuristic indicates the exploitation of a known vulnerability (Collab.collectEmailInfo) to execute JavaScript. This script is likely designed to download and execute a second-stage payload, as suggested by the presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files and the ClamAV detection of Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062. The deobfuscated JavaScript files, legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js and legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js, are treated as IOCs due to their direct association with the exploit.

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-36062 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062
  • 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
068944f8c011a88ab770b45c6de142b9305a1f515d410204d5eadd9ac2b5bfb3
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19B 373 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
3477dcdbec27d2df73973184d4a93cfe4c0d45df2eddd4f7ea6bab78474ed20e
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12214 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
519791fa94aef4e217a0f49e2df74c8544a5b18e8f47b30a9276bae52e4cd8c4
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5110 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).