Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1b03d282cee240bd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.1 KB
MD5: de0f63df9713039786beea2d64e722c8 SHA-1: 5d261225e19804834b67be71960810402c16d357 SHA-256: 1b03d282cee240bd1b03f203ded41e0f519248b9c652cfe3f6dffdb0ec518245
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified by multiple heuristics including PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS. A critical heuristic, CVE_2007_5659, specifically points to the use of 'collab.collectEmailInfo' to execute JavaScript, which is then further processed by extracted files named 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' and 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js'. This indicates the sample is designed to exploit a PDF vulnerability to run malicious code, likely as a downloader or initial stage of a larger attack.

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
5c7db026ac3d4102d76bb07aecd4dc030254d4f327afc37a41a4daa4e6e6baca
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 12422 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
eab49310b741962de5e2eb15d96afb0b02c2a7e20d448fbb08c4edd9d39b6fde
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 5160 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).