Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 61bb373188c62cb0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

8.4 KB
MD5: 88e045ff304baba8c1ade3f4db5e0dee SHA-1: f1e6ceb240b9fe8b8e150b7612bbd19f0ae86127 SHA-256: 61bb373188c62cb013b0254d3f73461ea99fbd3fd6d171db0be7db3d776cc2e1
168 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that is obfuscated and uses a known exploit (CVE-2007-5659) to achieve execution. The JavaScript is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload, as indicated by the heuristic firings and the nature of the extracted scripts. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

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.Dropper.Agent-1638004 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-1638004
  • 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_obj0001_000.js
509b3be2d8769a21ebc122727b5cb53085708ac85036abd114ef8571b6f14516
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 1 at offset 0xF 47 bytes
javascript_obj0013_001.js
f7996b968ec3961238f6614a14f2e6f66047ef26304ee3b18c0272e2f61c7bcb
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x375 17497 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
c8bdef46f9ce63b52c9b556eb1b8887a53acd5405e1e18a2e8cb985c261fab0b
deobfuscated-js reverse-string concatenation decoded JavaScript at offset 0x375 2043 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).