Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e96f7b8519d61810…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.7 KB
MD5: e7e6799413ec3d0296f3b5055ecb0f9c SHA-1: 349fdcf04e9edfff235d4b48f2b78ce6b439d6ce SHA-256: e96f7b8519d61810e654634579c96404a61ad51e16d3c4283d68ae2c1bea3b22
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The critical CVE_2007_5659 heuristic indicates the exploitation of a known vulnerability (Collab.collectEmailInfo) to execute JavaScript. This script is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, as suggested by the presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files named 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' and 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js'. The ClamAV detection further supports its malicious nature.

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
ba3e04e3e61b217ef3f2c53d67d769e3aaafaefb8e599001ba87de692d6f8dbb
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12448 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
71391214d4fe0b0d80da6cfbdf7e4b49ca302eb301ff01b09139c85ed74b24cc
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5133 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).