Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c28b04cf480400cb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.7 KB
MD5: 030c5465cefae99dd5cdbb47c8327388 SHA-1: fa7ca6eb703fb4a453507624de5f26f7b01d3ee4 SHA-256: c28b04cf480400cbe02cb15729fa69a405982f080b68e4da25bfbe492a164992
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 specific vulnerability using JavaScript that is concatenated and evaluated. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files suggests the script's purpose is to download and execute further stages. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature.

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
26dbba268d973ea0739c95a14e3f7c5640fcf574ff78aa2efada438647ac25e9
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 12065 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
84e433e6de20b460cf622514a69d790289f99b72d9fdc5a958d831583be07b0f
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 4988 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).