Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d98293c6e069fac7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.3 KB
MD5: 35d6e5c745731db8112d07962d4502bc SHA-1: 5d035d7c81144e832a09c9d51241ace7ddb72474 SHA-256: d98293c6e069fac7733392c39dfba2847adaaa5c94302e3b95ef1bc6ec4499b2
146 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified by heuristics as exploiting CVE-2007-5659. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35903' further confirms its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript streams, named 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' and 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js', likely contain code to download and execute a secondary payload, which is a common technique for initial access and further infection.

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
3a59723bad12edd737a354a3d70434e8f9c12cf4f494bd75f8d216e198303fde
deobfuscated-js z-percent hex-pair decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2E8 5236 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
3a9d97d768614911fe7c8ada0be020f05f7e0aeada634133c4dd39d8d011de33
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2E8 12423 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).