Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 235fbf46253a30f2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.1 KB
MD5: a63fc056684ea64ad710b0c09a14d2ee SHA-1: c3a8a0071e76337075e3a0404e51e8f5e35967d7 SHA-256: 235fbf46253a30f2614fe6a3baf2e7d37a07aea3966bcc8a695a11deccdb29be
146 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript T1559.001 Component Object Model

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is triggered by the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability. The JavaScript is heavily obfuscated, but the presence of multiple obfuscated JS streams and the ClamAV detection indicate malicious intent. The primary attack vector appears to be the exploitation of a known PDF vulnerability to execute arbitrary code.

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-36079 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36079
  • 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.
  • String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE
    String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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
ef8bdac794684ae9cd4eb7091d80e1c5ca478c06c639d72d01626c1f7ce78b6d
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19C 578 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
933aaf96bd707c073195dd522d33094b82e810ce4834d1bc54ee81d9b1047715
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x36F 12574 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
97f7f05a4b844f0c32cf8d41be6d1ad1f13a3af3500ebcc8430debcbc0de73c9
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x36F 5176 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).