Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4743b97e8dd093fb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.3 KB
MD5: e7ce0b7e50f1ca0c86f1e38fe5acd4f4 SHA-1: 8e4b20c245492c68f98c1e07221caab05282ac0f SHA-256: 4743b97e8dd093fb628df0a09c170411b2c12b7dfc32cce491a612deb5be2e49
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and triggers a critical heuristic for CVE-2007-5659, indicating an exploit attempt. The embedded JavaScript streams, particularly 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' and 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js', are likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature.

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
0e76709ee539fa2f3da49e2d75c4308e32fda81bcbf1a9cd9276ed3452caf409
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 11911 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
ca5f55c983c70f9a43b00b5e625f6432ba86bb2fdf0023256ea6ac8ce79e3413
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 4898 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).