Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d6402f7f08afb7d2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.9 KB
MD5: a9df2328467d84f2ce6beabeddb8e991 SHA-1: 8f53e91363c23203bf750718a34b94898cd6d191 SHA-256: d6402f7f08afb7d238a2827be19a8eb622c24e06c6b8a9708aa80b7111aa8510
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains obfuscated JavaScript, identified by heuristics as exploiting CVE-2007-5659 via the Collab.collectEmailInfo function. The embedded JavaScript streams, particularly 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' and 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js', are indicative of a multi-stage attack designed to download and execute further malicious content. The presence of these deobfuscated scripts strongly suggests the file's purpose is to act as a dropper for additional malware.

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: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
  • 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
6f60a1053baafdc578f85eae84a2dc6d16775fbd66240d82cbfb7b4f4ff4e90a
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19D 295 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
fcaaaaadbe4314b6d9057bd9dacf1e20015eccc2993aa4013a4a1d1069977c9d
deobfuscated-js z-percent hex-pair decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2E9 5054 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
99f4db4409eb69e0d1f0e573bff05745101e688afccf4bdecf5862c079e30edc
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2E9 12104 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).