Malicious PDF / .TXT — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a5fe3880de5f3434…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .TXT

12.8 KB
MD5: 01b6ec85589a543060417df308218fed SHA-1: f59e2e34aaa07d9c412f112b4bdd91af8670e44b SHA-256: a5fe3880de5f343472aafe3ce7e3a668f0e6ac97e358185242d8c89fbcf3b54d
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious File T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution: Malicious Attachment T1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV (Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36064) and exhibits critical heuristic firings related to CVE-2007-5659, indicating exploitation of a PDF vulnerability. Embedded JavaScript streams were extracted, with two deobfuscated files (legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js, legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js) suggesting the execution of malicious code. The script's likely purpose is to download and execute a second-stage 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-36064 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36064
  • 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
a5c8f0f722df4dd9876a0087e1eee65bd3020c5995f94f6729f7e17f3f3677a0
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19D 331 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
c9341671d5f403da049fd6d3e247dde04ccaec6a7995f46f2ccc1b7204244952
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F2 11829 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
51db6c3203a58e7bf7ef97095c37f2244d452d2d324145b4642ebc8716da6a8e
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F2 4909 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).