Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ecde11513bb29e8d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.1 KB
MD5: dfc55eaaa623bb53d5c5deceebdadb74 SHA-1: 7f46881c8904372baf3df5f0985c68dc57aaac3f SHA-256: ecde11513bb29e8d9e7d4ece5428b859997c5bf4c112876ea8dfd79c5932f94a
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

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 PDF vulnerability using JavaScript to collect information and likely execute further code. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files suggests a multi-stage attack. The primary intent appears to be the execution of malicious JavaScript, which is designed to download and run a second-stage payload.

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
ebbed20293363fae1feea114ade19e33c492c5d8d7f9640e3d514563fc98b193
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12095 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
77674ec6cf0da9f00b5f8ca00876330406c50a804752d0dd037f8ac58ae51908
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 4973 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).