Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a70d01ad7f97114d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

13.1 KB
MD5: 022c0625f820e893ca30ae209f4d1c17 SHA-1: 27f2f8528186a8dfd3dea37d37575fdbe944021a SHA-256: a70d01ad7f97114d6484526d8475d8cc9523c9614973f003cc973e91086692a3
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, identified by multiple heuristics including CVE-2007-5659. The extracted JavaScript files, legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js and legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js, are indicative of a multi-stage exploit. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062' further confirms its malicious nature. The primary function appears to be the execution of obfuscated JavaScript, likely 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-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
7c8e93f8d3c4c8e4c21194e9b6a37d7d6b69658b386ef7458dfa6307ff503523
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12858 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
4f5dd154a1c29df9d70bea7dae7d3733060fdbee68c1968cd454ef75f5b5deea
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5331 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).