Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7d68299ebe650d28…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.8 KB
MD5: 006a27a650bb0734f2b44c7228d87804 SHA-1: 340336c39f7cb553eb9f34c1629a31ccee2ab7cc SHA-256: 7d68299ebe650d289b1cc41e40fd735409dc303dfd863e31d9dbc069dd5502bf
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The critical CVE_2007_5659 heuristic indicates the exploitation of a known vulnerability (Collab.collectEmailInfo) to execute JavaScript. This JavaScript is likely designed to download and execute a second-stage payload, as suggested by the presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files and the ClamAV detection as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062. The attack pattern involves luring the user into opening a malicious PDF that exploits a vulnerability to achieve code execution.

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
4fbfdf70ac24e475b08c23de96d28687b957df20348c04103c75e725482c4929
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12356 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
fc93ac1cc10ee55b24ba53e78f9efdd775445621a07716b71291d500fb6f2293
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5181 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).