Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9508ac623e2481cf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.2 KB
MD5: 3060e4f413f19b33126abebfb1583bef SHA-1: fa3a4f1b1cea9ecc96efa5d34605814d29758f26 SHA-256: 9508ac623e2481cfd552acc4abb7d910a041aceab00792465afa0d2e03c2a059
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.001 Malicious Link/Object

The critical heuristic CVE_2007_5659 indicates the exploitation of a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader via embedded JavaScript. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript streams, named legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js and legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js, suggests that the script is designed to download and execute a secondary payload. The ClamAV detection further supports 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: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
  • 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
6f60a1053baafdc578f85eae84a2dc6d16775fbd66240d82cbfb7b4f4ff4e90a
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19D 295 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
fec62085fb2ac5b97852624159d9a6cd3f68c5e31f69c1587053c5146fe85876
deobfuscated-js z-percent hex-pair decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2E9 5184 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
2857be92bc39c140921d6075caee79e66ab5981e5b7a0e6205e7ba52c3198287
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2E9 12333 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).