Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 94603e8869bec676…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.6 KB
MD5: e0a95d14a8dd7cd86b81b7586211353b SHA-1: befc142cb5f32a7163a6a851daeab41446c76d2a SHA-256: 94603e8869bec6769bab3f785ee93d982b82b1d9aed0e46ee02356a8d6147fb9
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, flagged by multiple heuristics including CVE-2007-5659 which indicates exploitation of a known PDF vulnerability. The embedded JavaScript streams, particularly 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' and 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js', suggest the execution of malicious code. The primary function appears to be exploiting the PDF viewer to run this script, which likely downloads and executes a secondary 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-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
6f37408ac9e74485c380f2956063ed99990f96012b3529ee17c0aea289cc473c
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12440 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
d730d7ddd744a8b46ea65ebe5cb5cd18a7914597fe55bcb711bc1224d61d8a4a
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5139 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).