Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eb932e197f7b5644…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.3 KB
MD5: bcf7ad5f6280fd9b49b362f2f4695906 SHA-1: 2ef56d739689722ca36d4be14ae07eaf1a9635a4 SHA-256: eb932e197f7b5644e94dae66fb8ae3f797fa7ef1fef8f0f6008ad91d25bc912a
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified by multiple heuristics including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS'. A critical heuristic, 'CVE_2007_5659', specifically points to the exploitation of a known vulnerability using JavaScript to collect information and execute code. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files ('legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js', 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js') further indicates malicious scripting activity, likely for downloading and executing a secondary payload. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36065' corroborates the malicious nature of the file.

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
846570a12e23347e27bd0914622231b0ebfdf4d35973f27cd3efd69f85ebddc5
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 11745 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
f184c231221b32433a54fbf03e3d5666da6ad7a1338e4590f3c3a336c4bb68c8
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 4830 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).