Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d1dbd75c04cfa6ff…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.9 KB
MD5: c7c5e6eba20737335e3d1c70e75bbe8e SHA-1: 5653dd69855edca18065650064cecaa1600c9f27 SHA-256: d1dbd75c04cfa6ff2d2688cb0e4d93bb347f34e9137d71cbf994b9810157b0af
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, triggered by the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability using the Collab.collectEmailInfo method. This JavaScript is further deobfuscated into two separate files, legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js and legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js. The presence of these deobfuscated JavaScript files and the ClamAV detection (Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36065) strongly indicate that the file is designed to execute malicious code, likely downloading and running 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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0007_000.js
9c67560e8c63b720885d3efc1627b844b86a6ec08e99e5b65a22eae832045756
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19C 431 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
04f2325aca3e668c59d3304d0fc8fc90708b1847ffa6f21aadc68158f8681928
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 12183 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
09a381bf4b3e3b3b15425766b5c66b281a421607396f50c05005ef0aee885d68
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 5030 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).