Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ed64cc6daf225815…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.0 KB
MD5: 09ad811f814f13700dfba66e5fdf9f9b SHA-1: e3f0adb72754ea038e86246f1cf0a0c171be45b3 SHA-256: ed64cc6daf22581577a12e28f97cc2fca23a2f6cd9950bed71bae3d801cffe1a
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.001 Malicious Link/URL T1071.001 Web Protocols

The critical heuristic CVE_2007_5659 indicates the exploitation of a PDF vulnerability using JavaScript. The embedded JavaScript streams, particularly legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js and legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js, are deobfuscated and likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload. The ClamAV detection further confirms 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
fe8dab5dc88a28d5383d7ff77a32b75552e37ac09d5f337e23ae0447a575946c
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 12320 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
7453eac0f4f1fa17174ec30f82025b97b495676dd75f0b820981e382fcf0f429
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 5089 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).