Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f58a26f0ff064a7a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.1 KB
MD5: 375383cc9f119eedd1bdc7a603b4a9b6 SHA-1: f9e9359c4166cc5f7eaa63d4aa5131698dcadce0 SHA-256: f58a26f0ff064a7af1f508ed9abff7acf8f7cba5d203eea5222962405768a134
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and triggers a critical heuristic for CVE-2007-5659, indicating an exploit attempt. The extracted JavaScript files, legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js and legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js, are likely responsible for executing the exploit and downloading further malicious content. The ClamAV detection further supports 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-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
e4fb497c4fa1c886418a2c13290e376e18635dba2ec1a141cc4f9fe55e8e1fbc
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 12410 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
3988cb98b3eaf29a8f61107d993543093ba8cdab3cb7a65f22b7d3beab1d4f35
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 5116 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).