Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 19bf9e8c0f5b33e0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.2 KB
MD5: bbc6dedc2155064a373d95a6811e0cbb SHA-1: 2f28809c678fabf0628dc5955229ca08470aaf70 SHA-256: 19bf9e8c0f5b33e0929f4626b657b14c7edbbb4c12dd46bc19ab4bfca807a3f3
178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common delivery mechanism for exploits. Heuristics indicate the use of CVE-2007-5659, a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader, and ClamAV detected it as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35905. The JavaScript is heavily obfuscated, but the presence of unescape() calls and the overall structure suggest it's designed to download and execute a second-stage payload.

Heuristics 6

  • 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-35905 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35905
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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
d8a6b4ad1abf04d0c4a4f89535cfb57f7312edef25c443f4e844c8ec9d0929dd
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19B 352 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
45648da6fa173a50d2072c92e4f5ed47bbf6bdbccc7efbdb5df28696b128d559
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE 11723 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
2fa36bed61dbf39ff74f353b40052d31bcc1344d8022dfdcdbd62f9487f37ec2
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE 4863 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).