Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e310084293619b9a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.5 KB
MD5: c7fefa9065da8bfd87cb3052bda0cde9 SHA-1: 132e9355e6d6b08a15bf204767fe205add01c78b SHA-256: e310084293619b9ac3bf8066d05498b9486e8fb4d4a30fc2f0085bdc9413980d
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 known PDF vulnerability using JavaScript. The embedded JavaScript streams, identified as legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js and legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js, are likely responsible for executing the malicious payload. The ClamAV detection further confirms the malicious nature of the file. The exact payload and delivery mechanism are not fully discernible from the provided information, but the pattern suggests a downloader or exploit dropper.

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
74d108b5f1a03ed09cf2e8732e0bb38737e71b78a1cd34fbb8f5e3cd390ca581
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12141 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
6541ea8f8c8f835167f99bac3b71956b499d0ededda438872cdf3d1cb23cc1c0
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5008 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).