Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b3d170b3f2813e54…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.2 KB
MD5: 2f839b2ba09c7306ea2044aca63fc8f8 SHA-1: 2e3b6c7d437ee0cc4d480f19e7a39ff28bc110a6 SHA-256: b3d170b3f2813e54ce4289b785baa38267727f4fac8fe3c409e52b4e0d890237
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The critical heuristic CVE_2007_5659 indicates the exploitation of a known PDF vulnerability using JavaScript. The embedded JavaScript streams, particularly legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js and legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js, are indicative of a multi-stage attack. The ClamAV detection further supports the malicious nature of the file. The primary function appears to be the execution of obfuscated JavaScript to likely 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-36065 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36065
  • 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
9c67560e8c63b720885d3efc1627b844b86a6ec08e99e5b65a22eae832045756
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19C 431 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
d9bd5cb8982c50769858af83f4d5be5a19ec39242c9804b888368ff459aaf8a3
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 12550 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
445f55f51a790a78a74b6e0e6a11903a600913649b2d59c5091517dabb9b7338
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 5153 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).