Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e670bf897ed66106…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.6 KB
MD5: 1882b40954aec6b16773a6eb33f874e4 SHA-1: 1c2d82daf997d789f5847217b715f6a8f3f21548 SHA-256: e670bf897ed661062c2dddfcc597448a7779f34f05862e7a8ad5f3c16da9187a
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, identified as malicious by ClamAV (Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062). Heuristics indicate exploitation of CVE-2007-5659 via JavaScript actions and embedded JS streams. The extracted JavaScript files (legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js, legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js) suggest a multi-stage download and execution process, typical of a PDF-based exploit kit.

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
05499b4aa7b78014e983f2ae76272c5242b570cfec79c34f45d2c38baba6eebd
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12295 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
8465ae8a847d3836a71a4e7d122e28c8112f9ffe32c8711eaf63c4b9d8296a3e
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5104 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).