Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fd8b69a782c5481f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.5 KB
MD5: 002a0ed8d750a6eb018128a9cfd46039 SHA-1: b1d12693271e3a2e24ee125d50e193b1a2a16884 SHA-256: fd8b69a782c5481fb2bad4fcca3e3c010ffa55f6e1e41d7753887a3a5c7facbe
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. A critical heuristic, CVE_2007_5659, indicates the use of a specific exploit technique involving the Collab.collectEmailInfo method to execute JavaScript. This JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, as suggested by the presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files named 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' and 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js'. 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-36064 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36064
  • 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
a5c8f0f722df4dd9876a0087e1eee65bd3020c5995f94f6729f7e17f3f3677a0
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19D 331 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
edbced717c8980b2d415887b36f351872ec5e3bf65ea36f84b7d38f32c7217ea
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F2 11539 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
0d0ddd4b1508a34f6afd36cda548ec903583e46e94771a65af0e9f7e05d84a3b
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F2 4776 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).