Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4f1bf9bb4d440309…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.1 KB
MD5: 29ae9a340b72e00af89bf35a62304c72 SHA-1: 98198a0db62e8b7bdd4ea5e10ec70ddacfbbbcae SHA-256: 4f1bf9bb4d4403093e98e0894c985d544610411652f3a4189c5e304d42cb91e5
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified by the CVE_2007_5659 heuristic, which is known to exploit vulnerabilities in PDF readers. The extracted JavaScript files, legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js and legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js, are indicative of a multi-stage exploit. The primary function of these scripts is to download and execute further malicious content, a common technique for initial access and payload delivery.

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-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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0007_000.js
9c67560e8c63b720885d3efc1627b844b86a6ec08e99e5b65a22eae832045756
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19C 431 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
2df1ca87d90930002534ed7dcfe90d651f65a4933e0840d19c37e8f7133656b7
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 12370 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
f27d90cf4eff8e717fde4afb75b5879d0fe206ae9b2367be8f8a06e04f7586dc
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 5102 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).