Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d131e2d19304fe46…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.2 KB
MD5: f96d41b5085e4a62aea5e031e0846b4e SHA-1: 9146f6c4b390d4e905189fc87ffbbc42802341f8 SHA-256: d131e2d19304fe4661e62ff7fd33d6ebd4c4cad673c0895658a535f1bfdc1e34
146 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability. This vulnerability allows for the execution of arbitrary JavaScript code within the PDF reader. The embedded JavaScript is heavily obfuscated but appears to be designed to download and execute a second-stage payload. The ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36079' further supports the malicious nature of this file.

Heuristics 6

  • 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-36079 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36079
  • 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.
  • String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE
    String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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
ef8bdac794684ae9cd4eb7091d80e1c5ca478c06c639d72d01626c1f7ce78b6d
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19C 578 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
255832b95d4294c66d78b802f30fa30538a7a0ba9238cf4c22eb7e18314a44e8
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x36F 12592 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
28ab195e81c3a4ebd0f93b217061a7de03e0741a8b11b54ae6f423cbd5e81f98
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x36F 5162 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).