PDF malware analysis — malicious · cc1e55d524ff99ca

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.0 KB

MD5: eb3d498db7ae84bfebce7d2b156a00fa SHA-1: acb2425d65734dd39f41bf84823f999a7f612346 SHA-256: cc1e55d524ff99ca2bcfaafac295d5dedc5425f006ee4abb86d6f41c3110cedf

138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS'. The critical 'CVE_2007_5659' heuristic specifically points to the exploitation of a known vulnerability using JavaScript. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript, deobfuscated into 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' and 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js', is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage 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-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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0007_000.js` `9c67560e8c63b720885d3efc1627b844b86a6ec08e99e5b65a22eae832045756`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19C	431 bytes
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `65259e2a78e72e89adf7b91aa649fc1411408a8ff1a3dbf936a3e07f2278c60a`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315	12349 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js` `a287bcfe51b2f796db90ec454994a4267fb57966520ba0cadc1fa0456503f06e`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315	5077 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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