Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d94fcbf710efee13…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.9 KB
MD5: 1b59d3a4be17a789b4c16076e6e22088 SHA-1: f7b550dbab522c09a0361f4a66a62f757c4c467b SHA-256: d94fcbf710efee13349067d426634c60c0407989d642bc1269dcdbba79c7eb3c
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The critical heuristic CVE_2007_5659 indicates the exploitation of a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader via embedded JavaScript. The PDF launcher concatenates and evaluates JavaScript, which is further supported by the presence of embedded JS streams and deobfuscated JavaScript files. This suggests the primary function is to download and execute a secondary payload, characteristic of a downloader or initial access exploit.

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
4b5e6bc661d6bf1930b0a26e46e1604af0767581b9b18da766d35142e8971416
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12548 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
d0151317fce2fe75b2bb4831c685630ffc78e6c912958947edf0de240f2afbb0
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5235 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).