Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f34e788355cbeb98…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.6 KB
MD5: ba46a170d5d3e6cf6bb7ad87c0d04229 SHA-1: e67461ea2c2aa4c40081f51bb3f1464a9172b018 SHA-256: f34e788355cbeb9854f9913c559ffcf0584d766fe22d25258dcddfef0932202c
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, specifically identified as exploiting CVE-2007-5659 via the 'collab.collectEmailInfo' method. This JavaScript is further deobfuscated into 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' and 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js'. The primary function of this script appears to be the execution of malicious code, likely to download and run a secondary 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-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
5e18e25237318f65f47ec905c74b7cd92ce768f6e1cb1c8c31a84f2708d12e6b
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 11811 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
f5f547d7b409a34e96b2bc51128f615be4f45904443ed092f5f3ec14046f8789
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 4860 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).