Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3d7499a115c5c6de…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.8 KB
MD5: d56d29aad14b4928c7c9b00079376ed2 SHA-1: d5d109865996fe7a1d59f1006fdbf9f4717aa049 SHA-256: 3d7499a115c5c6dec7e20dccae781d1108653e288145d301f73067105b81ba14
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The critical heuristic CVE_2007_5659 indicates the PDF exploits a known vulnerability using JavaScript. The embedded JavaScript streams, particularly legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js and legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js, are indicative of a multi-stage exploit. The primary function of these scripts appears to be downloading and executing further malicious content, although the exact URLs are not directly visible in the provided evidence. The ClamAV detection further confirms the malicious nature of the file.

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
b90eba02f1bbd5f7eb7c6375de737d47665877be3e000ced19626f6c34dbf5c6
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 12230 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
2406d13d62695019dcbe61b199f739860e7a174b99ad745cf66dc86d9b7b81b9
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 5053 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).