Malicious PDF / .TXT — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 df317ab24fd68543…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .TXT

13.0 KB
MD5: ea3205ea7eb836f3418e0e3cda269ef8 SHA-1: e58a30378d70690274bd3548d4829d7a47e62a72 SHA-256: df317ab24fd6854383356f9c8004585c7670dbe7694dc76d329840717a6da7a6
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The critical heuristic CVE_2007_5659 indicates the exploitation of a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader via embedded JavaScript. The extracted JavaScript files, legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js and legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js, are likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload. The PDF launcher concatenates info fields and evals the result, which is a common technique for initial 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-36064 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36064
  • 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
a5c8f0f722df4dd9876a0087e1eee65bd3020c5995f94f6729f7e17f3f3677a0
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19D 331 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
f28aa134f45365537af85b6508dd10aa5ac4294111eeabbe7f65dc3087539158
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F2 12056 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
ca953fd0b911b1a07488dff8c55d1656ad0ac18353096aa000162e227517539e
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F2 5024 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).