Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e2ee538155aed6cd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.7 KB
MD5: 0ebda39ccfcbc3bbb62c0818428529a0 SHA-1: 3306d90fa2d492fad5488ac51deb1a3e4a2034af SHA-256: e2ee538155aed6cd4f710da536eed9f4cd0ccffe88d2912eacaecd50b58b95bb
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, identified by multiple heuristics including CVE-2007-5659. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36065' further confirms its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript, found in 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' and 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js', is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, a common technique for initial access.

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
d07c89e1ed4f7187d917a2d0eac42a130ab43161d0ccf5f1fda483a2134a27aa
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 12012 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
6f1c97df7026cc474732a06a243ca24936b37ee1586106128f977bd6e0fd35ed
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 4934 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).