Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 414e56993c58fcc9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.9 KB
MD5: b549c3aa8504cdb45c230c545f573bcc SHA-1: 1d3625ed2f9317c668cae9963faf36df3e47031d SHA-256: 414e56993c58fcc92c09b0f79bad2fb8b3c1c243d491b32e4f633a983c0be1da
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. Specifically, the CVE-2007-5659 heuristic indicates the use of the 'collab.collectEmailInfo' method to execute JavaScript, which is a known technique for exploiting Adobe Reader vulnerabilities. The extracted JavaScript files, 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' and 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js', suggest a multi-stage loading process. The primary intent appears to be the execution of further malicious code, likely a downloader for a second-stage 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-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
dff9cdfab0fe70aefd1ef35943260b7955a0550dffc6af5225b84b4e3763ab15
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 12123 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
8f853eb14c86b6ee2e407eec803c889a234d6d83e60c329d691c1e76db9d4a22
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 5030 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).