Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 39e893d565d92ce1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.5 KB
MD5: baae95dd093ef693ad18464ee7156fc7 SHA-1: 58bc63f3d35f28e25582a1adc0fc985e806e6edc SHA-256: 39e893d565d92ce10cbb75f35de3dc73252acdd4cf752fcb32da9f446fddf17c
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.002 Malicious File

The critical heuristic CVE_2007_5659 indicates the exploitation of a known PDF vulnerability using JavaScript. The embedded JavaScript streams, particularly 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js', are likely responsible for executing malicious code. The ClamAV detection further confirms the malicious nature of the file. The primary attack vector appears to be leveraging the 'Collab.collectEmailInfo' method to achieve arbitrary JavaScript 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-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
04c00c27115c3e5d543c89fd33025f880d8146ca22fc6f584d04343a225d687a
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 11944 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
1a1f707e712ee751626dbb31b664e9c429e992d47319b659dd29eb8f2bff2b5b
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 4907 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).