Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1ffe597bc6f35a2c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.6 KB
MD5: c9115a8a616bb1080c2cb1909b21ff64 SHA-1: a24f609760e6b4f966de0e3b3b9274ed7d093479 SHA-256: 1ffe597bc6f35a2cc4ebc3f2859e54d7690b03cbe1077074b4650ba702b08553
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'. The critical 'CVE_2007_5659' heuristic indicates the exploitation of a known vulnerability using a specific JavaScript method ('Collab.collectEmailInfo') to likely download and execute a second-stage payload. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files further supports this. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062' corroborates the 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-36062 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062
  • 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
068944f8c011a88ab770b45c6de142b9305a1f515d410204d5eadd9ac2b5bfb3
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19B 373 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
495d41320123c928bddca09c542f0f7bcccc1b3fcb5184fa6457d5acf66331af
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12379 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
76b08253afeb99530ec9c309c535170fb72a0403df61a6475b597808e86d2427
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5141 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).