Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4bf31519f5d4f622…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.6 KB
MD5: 14a2fc88a3c838428aed6efcab830ede SHA-1: eb3fe85add580a04fee7f744ca4d24e7607308ab SHA-256: 4bf31519f5d4f6229b542e01e52893a0b95216406327fdecad4906abd4373dcb
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious and indicative of exploit activity (CVE-2007-5659). The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062' further supports this. The extracted JavaScript files, 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' and 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js', suggest a multi-stage exploit process. The primary intent appears to be the execution of arbitrary code via the JavaScript engine, likely to download and execute a secondary 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-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
009b59f55993ef95b46776afe0f7f57fe3d45b4e26c74dca75bafb47b8995af6
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12295 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
41c5c59d065182fbef9b62a2a3cb4ea8de745dbcd9d77d3ae91b5b4c99e56c05
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5061 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).