Malicious PDF / .TXT — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e11ed063d59f656c…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .TXT

13.6 KB
MD5: f9430b23d842b79c63abc25a0d0d6961 SHA-1: 7ed059301632221f2c8781f7ccd9bd868ec67e12 SHA-256: e11ed063d59f656c032437def791dcb9e25c9e7d2b5f943eb908b1f50e10090f
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability (Collab.collectEmailInfo). This JavaScript is designed to deobfuscate and execute further stages, indicated by the extracted files 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' and 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js'. These stages likely download and execute a second-stage payload, characteristic of a multi-stage attack.

Heuristics 4

  • 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)
  • 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
bedd676af9bf2e3ca07f9e3a10d07bc561e9745801f30653ef176c0c1e7620a3
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19D 336 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
2a63d273f2b90a0e8975680c83f66886b2a759d9b927958e329d200ab4e54988
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2EC 12705 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
ac6ac1430bad26b24f40aea57d3c3b12d67bbd4242a597386b258fe487a58de5
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2EC 5309 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).