Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 54a7be5c43cb27c5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.9 KB
MD5: 38dd7ad1e5fc81f235494358be150a98 SHA-1: 5093e2abcaeca65940af30469a4aeeb20c07d517 SHA-256: 54a7be5c43cb27c52389fdeece5f66a8649afd336352d0fc7cdb78fb86f5c950
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability, specifically targeting the Collab.collectEmailInfo function. This JavaScript is further deobfuscated into two separate files, legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js and legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js. The primary function of this script appears to be downloading and executing a second-stage payload, as indicated by the heuristic firings and the nature of the extracted JavaScript.

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
9c5ad7e8f091fd901b79fb34a3482764ecadf20be3d15051fe6e6cd0e16b0370
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 12188 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
334ca39b5c7bf25ce405a6856a51370d3f50b5b7d68ba8da138d1e50f0c087d1
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 5010 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).