Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3b2610adf36fa28a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.5 KB
MD5: 389c9f89da6649bee854966d7240546f SHA-1: f24af3e0f8d762ed992013e62836d9088edf3f90 SHA-256: 3b2610adf36fa28a849cd0994f5614fd071e41b576d62be0b656a11a0d0927c3
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS'. The critical 'CVE_2007_5659' firing specifically points to the exploitation of a known vulnerability using JavaScript. The file was also detected by ClamAV as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062'. The embedded JavaScript streams, particularly 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' and 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js', are likely responsible for executing the malicious payload.

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
81de2115ae295d3ea49ea6cdda8b2f71e267f28c069fcd1b91eb7abe9b4314e6
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12368 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
85b8bb6a5d5a588bfeaae3e5b8654ce2fb362f3bbce84610f7cd30e0e8370605
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5130 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).