Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f02a895f8e63d91a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.5 KB
MD5: ef4772ca4b02a0b81b14c8beb03c53dc SHA-1: 1ba6543e795274245b258ffd77a957686db4c8f4 SHA-256: f02a895f8e63d91a74f128b50c820a89fa980dd6ea799f8522705ebcde7ddf2b
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 vulnerability (Collab.collectEmailInfo) to execute this JavaScript. The embedded JavaScript streams, particularly legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js and legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js, suggest a multi-stage download and execution process. The ClamAV detection further confirms 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
8f912d606e0a51fc7791132a61105a2bff192861f2406bbc5c8aa4495d90c725
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12203 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
4131e44292e7edeacb0badd3740a4440029e43aa37e15f4cb505c7a43f6cfbef
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5052 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).