Malicious PDF / .TXT — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d253588a219e9a42…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .TXT

11.9 KB
MD5: a435a1b984d1bed5a001983c42d446ab SHA-1: 58d4ec77dac8af5e3f9f5f57b50d0f12ec30cd08 SHA-256: d253588a219e9a4230b276a67c64cc1c182492a4d296ac82fd5e6c623be1eb08
146 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.001 Malicious Link/URL T1059.003 Windows Command Shell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that exploits CVE-2007-5659, a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader. The heuristics indicate that this JavaScript is used to download and execute a second-stage payload, as evidenced by the extracted JavaScript files 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' and 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js'. The presence of these deobfuscated JavaScript files strongly suggests a downloader or dropper functionality.

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-35903 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35903
  • 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.
  • syncAnnotScan annotation-staging primitive low PDF_FOXIT_SYNCANNOTSCAN
    PDF JavaScript calls syncAnnotScan() — a no-op annotation-enumeration primitive used by exploit-kit JavaScript to stage payload reads from annotation /Subject fields before eval(). Not a vulnerable sink itself; rarely seen in legitimate PDFs. (matched in decompressed 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
860eae5f96eb426380281c575a089242b50523bbb4bbb8dd765e582cd9c07d2e
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19D 294 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
0561c96587c69714cfe3e478e265fd3e6f82b9b6ca18315f5738e0c0428b0d3b
deobfuscated-js z-percent hex-pair decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2E8 5066 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
9143176b6055fd900a510edc24a3a3bd7588fe11faca0426bc98c1bdacd721a3
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2E8 12230 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).