Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dcded87d6020b697…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.9 KB
MD5: 0489617def971ed32681e7d662dda805 SHA-1: 5d4461fad3fd2eebee42950c466fe01027530e82 SHA-256: dcded87d6020b6978999ebb3b2de7eeba6ff3e69fc1510f425eeae7fbad8e0b4
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The critical heuristic CVE_2007_5659 indicates the exploitation of a PDF vulnerability using JavaScript. The embedded JavaScript streams, particularly 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' and 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js', are likely responsible for executing malicious code. ClamAV also detected this file as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36065', reinforcing its malicious nature. The overall attack pattern suggests 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-36065 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36065
  • 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
9c67560e8c63b720885d3efc1627b844b86a6ec08e99e5b65a22eae832045756
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19C 431 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
91091477e7c004ea7c6e533e320c5a052a92d3304043967d122fe98c53e76091
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 12199 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
38ed9816eac86c4c8082c6cc6ce93aab2e0e43bbcb4b14dd695c052691b0c5f0
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 5016 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).