Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d73764074f1eb6b9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.4 KB
MD5: d8a16ff80cbe5afb61df4ff3031fcee6 SHA-1: ba68fa498f37a29dc10d59da422321c20376e65a SHA-256: d73764074f1eb6b9af1c1b99ccf7e1d7bc1fd961bdef3a872cd9005f6bd9c31d
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, identified as malicious by ClamAV (Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062). Heuristics indicate the exploitation of CVE-2007-5659 via JavaScript actions. The deobfuscated JavaScript files 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' and 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js' were extracted, suggesting a multi-stage download and execution process. The exact payload and delivery mechanism are not fully discernible from the provided evidence, but the intent is clearly malicious exploitation.

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
5d42e7cd0c8ef9a3184decc7c96b32a1b15e39f786bf418c7e6be75427e2124a
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12047 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
b59c4f50bb3fb38fe57a1d826447a45cb7c7e69cb2dbad4596785a00b850dd6d
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5017 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).