Malicious PDF / .TXT — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3ed5f1fb2a9ce437…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .TXT

12.9 KB
MD5: 9e693b59776d1d4394dc9bdcbddfa62d SHA-1: 3cfdfa8a69e1026bae3076353787cebc3268bfb2 SHA-256: 3ed5f1fb2a9ce437dce2a7b05bdd67c3cde02b2d9293254bdb7bc5c94353e8b2
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link T1059.007 JavaScript

The file is a PDF exploiting CVE-2007-5659 via embedded JavaScript. The JavaScript streams, identified as legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js and legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js, are likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload. ClamAV also detected this file as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36064, further indicating malicious intent.

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-36064 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36064
  • 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
a5c8f0f722df4dd9876a0087e1eee65bd3020c5995f94f6729f7e17f3f3677a0
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19D 331 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
ee6a99fb5a73584789307f19224c623ba67aeded8a765633e2b00b93a1ed7bd2
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F2 12178 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
2be4087842d93e5c439f4cadf0776229d9852c2dbd31a812915e8e9a6b0bc984
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F2 4996 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).