Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 280f942904894793…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.2 KB
MD5: b4d519fd786ca2f9d83798ad812bfca3 SHA-1: 0663baa263f55ab8ce1537c5c23b5af243f86db6 SHA-256: 280f9429048947937d2ddf25859c9019517b7c08e16e602ceee0ffc7d1478d9b
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability (Collab.collectEmailInfo). This exploit is designed to execute arbitrary JavaScript, as indicated by the heuristic firings and the presence of deobfuscated JS streams. The primary goal is likely to download and execute a secondary payload, as suggested by the ClamAV detection name 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062'.

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
4d97975bcf854b4ba9258207bbaac9752ada98ade119b60b8e5f23a8160682af
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 11901 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
c0ac30c6d51ac9aaded56fd6eed2ffe09fcc0dde9ae6709369dcbb5de544e4ad
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 4897 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).