Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2b1e2c29376072a9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.7 KB
MD5: bd06b5b53cd17c888bf82ff2cff8e64a SHA-1: 6b1f38e604b715cd71c45f1644a6576a1f0c4203 SHA-256: 2b1e2c29376072a9beb6e19d26e67da48635c8cd9bf09fb2bb1aa3e21370d86c
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, specifically identified as exploiting CVE-2007-5659 via the Collab.collectEmailInfo method. This JavaScript is further deobfuscated into two files, legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js and legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js. The presence of these scripts and the critical heuristic firings indicate the file is designed to execute malicious code, likely as a downloader or initial exploit stage.

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
63602ea5704ed2a60bee2749ef55bd96aae448548a09c170c093fa4810c55c3b
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 11922 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
c4dfde0f4e6b580c9fc2b49e93771df05635713ca72be7fa9ff4112b93b31b82
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 4909 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).