Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9a80d4f9adef0b6a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.7 KB
MD5: d02fb168961c150710038abbca32e4d2 SHA-1: 2ebf65c51727a163b8f8861cd9b3387c7ba02ce8 SHA-256: 9a80d4f9adef0b6a520f2b39997b42e44c3de72ff938c4b546060682cfbcdabd
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.002 Malicious File

The critical heuristic CVE_2007_5659 indicates the exploitation of a PDF vulnerability using JavaScript. The embedded JavaScript streams, particularly legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js and legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js, are likely responsible for executing the exploit. ClamAV detection as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36065 further confirms the malicious nature. The overall intent appears to be the execution of arbitrary code, likely for downloading and running additional malware.

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
cdd7f8c3f202ca92d6736750fe059bab4ac40a0c1f9ed00c1b5f40c8708d6c5b
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 12126 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
c8c6a36a4622b4489a314c1d5377d9d29aba614ad79aea4464dbd669a3dd48e8
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 4955 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).