Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b74df02ed4877a31…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.4 KB
MD5: b0ba785e0a445c50efdbf520522d99ed SHA-1: 794c30b35a298164cc0c25fd6e6282301710e40b SHA-256: b74df02ed4877a31140300979d7e8319cc7730360011866e89436443eb17adcb
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. Critical heuristics indicate the exploitation of CVE-2007-5659 using a technique that concatenates info fields and evaluates the result. ClamAV also detected this as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062. The deobfuscated JavaScript files suggest the primary function is to download and execute a secondary payload, which is a common attack pattern for exploit-laden PDFs.

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
f1cfaa97d1c9306dae0dd5b2ed9028d395ba8cfba62168e48a60a37b78f0af06
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12076 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
94ebf49946c9a16445f61b684600d6947fa2612250f3049e915dbd5cf989bd51
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 4979 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).