Malicious PDF / .TXT — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 afedf4c16b22f150…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .TXT

13.1 KB
MD5: 3adb3a3ad36b7f4209360d9cdefaa48e SHA-1: c42a70df4d22d773afae12a64696d201bad3cfd4 SHA-256: afedf4c16b22f15011f053c596413c547940425bca22e00487f9a85336f8f347
198 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT', 'PDF_JS', and 'PDF_ANNOT_SUBJECT_MARKER_EVAL_STAGER'. The 'CVE_2007_5659' heuristic specifically points to the use of 'Collab.collectEmailInfo' for JavaScript execution, a known exploit technique. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files suggests the sample is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature.

Heuristics 6

  • 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)
  • Annotation subject percent-decoding eval stager critical PDF_ANNOT_SUBJECT_MARKER_EVAL_STAGER
    OpenAction JavaScript forces annotation enumeration, reads an annotation /Subject payload with getAnnots(), rewrites marker bytes into percent escapes, decodes it with unescape(), and dispatches it through eval. This is a high-confidence exploit-kit staging pattern. It is intentionally not mapped to CVE-2009-1492 unless getAnnots() itself carries the crafted integer or long argument shape for that vulnerability.
  • 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
489012ada19cd2ddb749bd76cca131d9b85afa4ba56bbac505f46745ea7693e9
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F2 12067 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
db4e3d5adea47fbdf6b982d7a258a5b3e4a6e0b8d762c009258ec27a9b212511
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F2 5050 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).