Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9592d52387062c0d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.8 KB
MD5: 094b495091ac6fff5eb5cf0fb76a7cc0 SHA-1: 05549d0903b0e5f6df06a61de470882c31479849 SHA-256: 9592d52387062c0d572499cb26b50b6c362565448ab0c616ecb24be8ba04cc90
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability. The heuristics indicate that this JavaScript is used to execute further code, likely to download and run a second-stage payload. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files suggests a multi-stage infection process.

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 1 related finding 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
eb4c39024911854a682c4803193ca1a5913fcd616a862ddca7f1d810841adbc5
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 12237 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
0c5a33ff4924443a65cf740f21314e9191c88b4c76f85e4e9085c246ccc52c8b
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 5077 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).