Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4d6db854d6cf61a8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.4 KB
MD5: bd77c5a181c307d45d88164d51169da9 SHA-1: 8bdcd43d98566aa282d4f3b3a8bcbc41038ff2d0 SHA-256: 4d6db854d6cf61a828839ee298786cfee43999238767d47b07cd1d823dda3792
178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript T1204.002 Malicious JavaScript

The critical heuristic CVE_2007_5659 indicates the exploitation of a known vulnerability in PDF documents. This vulnerability is leveraged to execute embedded JavaScript, as evidenced by multiple PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The deobfuscated JavaScript streams suggest the execution of malicious code, likely to download and execute additional stages. The ClamAV detection further supports the malicious nature of the file.

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)
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35905 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35905
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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
d8a6b4ad1abf04d0c4a4f89535cfb57f7312edef25c443f4e844c8ec9d0929dd
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19B 352 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
11435e770148dafb91694dfb8f7af295464bb3fdaab2fbd6029f2a448a866357
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE 12109 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
daf6568c5aadbe0e0a7d61f44edfd2aec149967f1433603dd0066f8b5912919b
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE 5076 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).