Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1b188efbb1484a86…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.6 KB
MD5: 275ae72063f84a663ffe12e2bc158b10 SHA-1: a99e85db73a45634c3fae526c9f667401d62c60e SHA-256: 1b188efbb1484a865cb1b499000b9da0bacff469f23e08dff1f8b45219f84a15
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, as indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS'. The critical 'CVE_2007_5659' heuristic specifically points to the exploitation of a known vulnerability using the 'Collab.collectEmailInfo' JavaScript function. This function is used to concatenate and evaluate JavaScript, suggesting the execution of a malicious payload. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files further supports this. The file is detected by ClamAV as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36065'.

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
8f0a7297c4d876f9ae8ba96d7babe37be5df3a0babf1e0057d17bd2c8ec6c4dd
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 11925 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
6ce4fa307f241f721337d9de84313f19701aabaa81bf37124fb621ba68f0e0c8
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 4880 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).