Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 49222652760b7be9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

13.1 KB
MD5: 0abd4bfb72a4940de8fe833299b7a5d9 SHA-1: a6ec8fcd403731a99380191aab32b2000039f8b7 SHA-256: 49222652760b7be922e25aa79d1d63c68818241681405d92637f8eaed5b3eaa3
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The critical heuristic CVE_2007_5659 indicates the exploitation of a PDF 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 attack. The ClamAV detection further confirms the malicious nature of the file. The primary attack pattern involves leveraging the embedded JavaScript to likely download and execute further malicious code.

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
6c4a50f19f0b39993fe85ad50453ba17fd3c4f46788072e2f0ba5ac8f93cea86
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12820 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
842b652705f6ccb292268986f65093649434b114e347928ea827ddda57da1227
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5294 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).