Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 df746bc6d89af660…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.9 KB
MD5: aa44848bc0e4c49d8105922d69b60570 SHA-1: e3e95d1333d05dbcf4d985fbbf3d2ffc1add4e6f SHA-256: df746bc6d89af660abb0358a858249a37f124a5f26262b6a4eaa5c2499cd043b
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified by multiple heuristics including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS'. The critical heuristic 'CVE_2007_5659' indicates the exploitation of a known PDF vulnerability using JavaScript to collect information and likely execute further code. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files ('legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js', 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js') suggests a multi-stage attack. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062' further confirms its malicious nature. The overall pattern points to a downloader or exploit loader.

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
da603c7982a136949ca7a12ee68152bfceef0f01ba301b117cd66db21e76492c
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12674 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
62aec94c5339bf5bd256e23d2b9ce8e816bdc02de081150d18d70412abfb135b
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).