Malicious PDF / .TXT — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bc95974ebc90253e…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .TXT

12.8 KB
MD5: c616b19cabf319b8aab9838eb81ebbe0 SHA-1: bf0d703898ec7b49d34ff8c4dc917fb6fcaef5a4 SHA-256: bc95974ebc90253e5e4ae378179d8bf7cac7073d8d62771476eb5ade2299be9e
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The critical CVE_2007_5659 heuristic indicates the exploitation of a known vulnerability related to the Collab.collectEmailInfo method, which is used to launch JavaScript. The extracted JavaScript files, legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js and legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js, suggest a multi-stage exploit. The primary intent appears to be the execution of arbitrary code via the embedded JavaScript, likely to download and execute a further payload.

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-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
e403a27a6973268008d34ac2054b866f44ebf22131183adf6b02f97b68c6086a
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F2 11918 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
5b30a0459d8e94bf1ab8716eebbfa6199b986f21b28a5b429d3eff694527b518
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F2 4944 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).