Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2125dd40ffe22440…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.5 KB
MD5: cfe083517df02b030e8081222df592ba SHA-1: 7b9f7b738f961497dd75119ac5fda507eb328d75 SHA-256: 2125dd40ffe22440b07c11a0a4e0ff8e03b12bfcf099a919bbdce907423fa5b0
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, indicating an exploit attempt. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files suggests a multi-stage payload delivery. 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-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
9d1d195ee39bd1c8740ee1a4c03c5f69395b55b747441931ceb9b5d09b8f4701
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12328 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
0cd3212d23da7140295c1284320f84b504d9b20fcd4324a34bd4a6d3f44c91ca
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5100 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).