Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d69b66dd69dbf8a6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.2 KB
MD5: c65950b255d28ff60d5a00441edc6791 SHA-1: d9d3985195bf634e89f35e4ab46dc05ddbb6c072 SHA-256: d69b66dd69dbf8a66a383bd42c3d3231623e4726621263cfed2b5355fb0609e5
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 CVE-2007-5659, which is known to exploit a vulnerability in PDF viewers. The extracted JavaScript files, 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' and 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js', suggest a multi-stage attack. The primary function of the embedded script is to exploit the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability, likely to download and execute a secondary payload, as indicated by the ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062'.

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-36062 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062
  • 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
068944f8c011a88ab770b45c6de142b9305a1f515d410204d5eadd9ac2b5bfb3
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19B 373 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
96b4bc0f4e4032713b177c7a1cffb496d7977bc1e196f096de887e64c469d451
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12079 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
8d9967e6126389676bc4415ec2d1b00f0e6b5c8969ba2c1b5c02d8436d11301f
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 4968 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).