Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ca0a8f121b48131b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.6 KB
MD5: 1eea7a630aa19d94a22b94d32261a676 SHA-1: 379b69aba5c27ee3e3740345090e2c2ec2441e1c SHA-256: ca0a8f121b48131b554b169501b322f7cdefccd471b9efce7a56ce22aaa0955f
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The critical heuristic CVE_2007_5659 indicates the exploitation of a PDF vulnerability using JavaScript. The embedded JavaScript streams, particularly legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js and legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js, are likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload. ClamAV also detected this file as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062, reinforcing 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-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
128776e11ceec39d0d3027d407ff3fcafb452ab1d7258508052e358883dd6d52
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12324 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
e7a92aa51b3b4693fcae01ab09ba2ccc6d35ebed5e261ab6ab06fa01e6634d2e
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5080 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).