Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aa07391c16bcd1d9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.9 KB
MD5: 152bf67e8c8e72865b57458ba4ba63b0 SHA-1: 6277402f55cc61265ed8aa49ed98366eb6bed951 SHA-256: aa07391c16bcd1d9c901bf5ae9c7d15a3bd8fc4c86d9b963e3bf66e3d2bc9b92
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 known PDF vulnerability using JavaScript. The embedded JavaScript streams, specifically legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js and legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js, are likely responsible for executing the exploit. The presence of these deobfuscated JavaScript files suggests the primary function is to download and execute further malicious content.

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
a2777517b8cd6dd85e194d3f2b08504bb60c6994a79a90fd5160c4e1275a30f1
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12524 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
c727a20df0888b5c12da9b3c292a4c2165e9977102e5df47f7e225cf48d2b20c
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5186 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).