Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7bbbb45f13724898…

MALICIOUS

PDF

13.0 KB
MD5: 1f0a5e30aac8a69a7de89535e07d18da SHA-1: 9ddf1a4af04043dbc42cb647c3112bbf3a096dc1 SHA-256: 7bbbb45f137248982cf4f4a5a22c669c00503afaf63ec866b195bcf3064b8c46
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution: Malicious Script

The critical heuristic CVE_2007_5659 indicates the exploitation of a PDF vulnerability using JavaScript. The embedded JavaScript streams, particularly 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' and 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js', are likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062' further confirms the malicious nature of the file.

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
f60833cd97305f4a2fd17089ea5e9f868c8c4783fb1b373e88bd2f79d2593197
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12798 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
c5cf97562a817153cb4a4411bc1b42798eff227e1acaf99c9ba5b9a5b456804d
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5340 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).