Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 913f47f78ea2f531…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.8 KB
MD5: e84388847974687e51f7a624aebf3db7 SHA-1: 6fdbcf4033329cffc8ff757541b0c7fa5b0bd5f6 SHA-256: 913f47f78ea2f531c21bb94426ff639cccf58e4dc167c7408d5a0f0ebad84ecd
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

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 this JavaScript. The deobfuscated JavaScript files suggest a multi-stage download and execution process, typical of a downloader or initial access exploit. The extracted file names 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' and 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js' further support this multi-stage nature.

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
6e515b4268763e030b2bc2d09304f0251a1312834bb3fffef9570ae27e086c7a
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 12021 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
2b95609d000dccf77a285679c27cda984ed14fb20419d56300983a27b0c73b8a
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 4963 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).