Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e481375d773b8c01…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.8 KB
MD5: df0d52b5350d898019c9a1fb89ed832c SHA-1: c58b08d042387f2b9fdc41ba9bbe36fdb2d1405f SHA-256: e481375d773b8c0128841793bacd9c43a6c9ce37c7285cc43bb6a72a755249a8
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 'CVE_2007_5659' heuristic indicates the exploitation of a known vulnerability (Collab.collectEmailInfo) to execute 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, as suggested by their deobfuscated nature and the overall malicious verdict.

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
81386361aaeadcc04e622b01606000e45ff5bf05b2e615731920d998171a105a
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 12183 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
aa2034fbc8129dd1dd33614a51b33eb1597d0c6bb85ce0e729cf77ad110cb708
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 4980 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).