Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c0ebe4642417ea67…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.5 KB
MD5: 32d467e5447ed2bbbd0de3061f2596a6 SHA-1: 3fe3da45ff9de08ac1bf0abe3eeee9e6275b40e8 SHA-256: c0ebe4642417ea67e20e7f51babfa3f5a4cab1501f2643d7a9bd13241627b0a3
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.002 Malicious Link/URL

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, identified as malicious by ClamAV and heuristics indicating exploitation of CVE-2007-5659. The JavaScript is likely designed to download and execute a secondary payload, as suggested by the presence of deobfuscated JS files named 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' and 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js'. The exact payload and download source are not directly extractable from the provided evidence.

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
cfca70494fde027ec62d5b78c47752aeec3bab36394dd67b77f3f79efb4a8b72
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12346 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
01d9f7f59cfed82c07fc349fbdb75d3bfbe2987d2d61266878d2e12565478331
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5084 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).