Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ac8f47ecf576af19…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.8 KB
MD5: 98194ddcf9f3427001a81e6b9564f541 SHA-1: 6de27166be8e5f4856c2780efca3c48c0a2c34a1 SHA-256: ac8f47ecf576af199927e4130c2b8974ea7a502efb8f673732c0c31ba53c79a0
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified by the CVE_2007_5659 heuristic, which is designed to exploit a vulnerability. The critical ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Dropper.Agent-9448723-0' further confirms its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript likely functions as a dropper, downloading and executing additional malicious content. The file's SHA256 hash is included as a primary IOC.

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.Dropper.Agent-9448723-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-9448723-0
  • 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
1847af0a099665b6ac45af66402e56ed64237a1b287618ee3d6643267fda6f35
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19D 343 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
db0841aac33507cda24ec1844d76bd092b889639030991a99f4d70e887cb05ac
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F0 12741 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
15b6dadcdeff601e6c66bd3a78c7632196a3fa1e7bdcec5f81dc302e034bbc22
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F0 5272 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).