Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f20bfc1da8d1b7af…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.8 KB
MD5: 7fd917d8c0a0de5f674b1b46bb8249b6 SHA-1: 6928e85c23b1fd4d60723bd8b4eee4f113e9d98f SHA-256: f20bfc1da8d1b7af9f08719b38b3cc0cd9fb3588cb2074c4fa35b80a5ef3b919
200 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and triggers critical heuristics related to CVE-2007-5659 and a PDF exploit stager. ClamAV also identified it as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36065. The embedded JavaScript streams, particularly legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js and legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js, suggest the execution of malicious code, likely for downloading and executing further stages. The attack pattern involves exploiting PDF reader vulnerabilities to achieve arbitrary code execution.

Heuristics 7

  • 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)
  • Annotation subject percent-decoding eval stager critical PDF_ANNOT_SUBJECT_MARKER_EVAL_STAGER
    OpenAction JavaScript forces annotation enumeration, reads an annotation /Subject payload with getAnnots(), rewrites marker bytes into percent escapes, decodes it with unescape(), and dispatches it through eval. This is a high-confidence exploit-kit staging pattern. It is intentionally not mapped to CVE-2009-1492 unless getAnnots() itself carries the crafted integer or long argument shape for that vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser exited 1. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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
bcd956637b25525d6496c32501ef5e42e1eafe5e19872b280d785c8178726b63
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 12051 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
54afbddac44014298d873d2bad4b0aa5a8eedb3f4add64fbb9b468eb4a0e8c00
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 4972 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).