Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d090402daa24ef75…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.3 KB
MD5: 1e5322ddf7c78f69be4347c9eddea2fc SHA-1: 9c0fb51179a2429cbb2842dfffede984601ca4fe SHA-256: d090402daa24ef75b4e45b64a124a7708f59f6715ecc968df4b6eccaa9be5d61
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified by multiple heuristics including PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS. The critical CVE_2007_5659 heuristic indicates the exploitation of a known PDF vulnerability using JavaScript that is concatenated and evaluated. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, as suggested by the extracted artifact names like 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' and 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js'.

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
953e281e91cbe836534d0990507e7030dd4bdaf414f737082779074b8d74563a
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 12583 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
fa298512ba113a2979fca21c4f295ae23b6bc5aa14d29feccda265109c29c5d5
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 5235 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).