Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4802980dea4764bf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

39.5 KB
MD5: ad84e211e797cc1153f59668af2b0e42 SHA-1: 4a05602965ef0b07e4b649197f8f3ef14b8eb79b SHA-256: 4802980dea4764bf67c12de2028443a349de04a2722c2bc6877321f495bb7728
178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a U3D stream, triggering critical heuristics for CVE-2007-5659 and general PDF exploit detection. The embedded JavaScript, specifically the deobfuscated files legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js and legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js, likely facilitates the execution of further malicious code. The presence of these elements strongly suggests an exploit attempt targeting PDF reader vulnerabilities.

Heuristics 6

  • 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)
  • U3D/3D content in PDF — Adobe Reader 3D parser CVE-family indicator high CVE related PDF_U3D_CVE_RELATED
    PDF contains U3D (Universal 3D) or 3D annotation content — CVE-2011-2462 and CVE-2009-3953 are critical vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader's U3D processing that allow arbitrary code execution. U3D content in PDFs is extremely rare in normal documents.
  • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0007_000.js
9c67560e8c63b720885d3efc1627b844b86a6ec08e99e5b65a22eae832045756
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A3 431 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
221ffa52ec53b0709fc108048b45389cdb73aa8b44ebe492349e61bcdde1a694
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x31C 12821 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
b1d9f468865d164c9d9acce12b3d463acf6f3ff85f4098098b1053db9f19f5eb
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x31C 5366 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
u3d_00_off000031a2.bin
be9b6f51ccc10ed67099a2e70bdc0d7433f445b059ca7dff9f11d5199e632bb6
pdf-3d-stream PDF U3D 3D stream at offset 0x31A2 27444 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.99, consistent with packed or encrypted content.