Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7e60a3035eaec8bf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.1 KB
MD5: f0bc9fecbf3210a0f339567c60e53b30 SHA-1: 0712ccb3c764a4d8ce1610da73ceef9c8f3f0043 SHA-256: 7e60a3035eaec8bf2d2d0082e1cbad4720773e6be099d8ea4c2563dd6099e8ba
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, identified by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The critical CVE_2007_5659 heuristic indicates that the JavaScript is used to exploit a known vulnerability (Collab.collectEmailInfo) to execute code. The extracted JavaScript files (legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js and legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js) suggest a multi-stage download and execution process. The overall goal is likely to download and execute a second-stage payload.

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
b3c874c7cbe0f2b556a17f811ab1c200c9c07ba944de1e4b794ed63c8baf7a2d
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 12589 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
cf770c5b85dff49bbe426d47c7a41c55d6b38a7f95544420a2bc4f37b8971d9e
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 5209 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).