Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2cbebb7bf32e0a99…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.9 KB
MD5: 2f6c9a7d65a30191183a8a8c926537d9 SHA-1: 27df05abf17172725a1c9fc96ba4c9ca589bfe26 SHA-256: 2cbebb7bf32e0a99d2e8804a3c7dd774c64b63c85e5ed6cdc58bf5f45fdc5fed
146 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability. This vulnerability is known to be used for arbitrary code execution within Adobe Reader. The embedded JavaScript is heavily obfuscated but appears to be designed to download and execute a secondary payload. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36079' further supports the malicious nature of this file.

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
0c08fdce1355964b72740c94277ba5a6fd08df723fa5b60204c3f15b5bc0bc6e
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x36F 12499 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
782f9400c44de3329518339643d0a4f380bd5a687d8c7df068b923c57c7706ea
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x36F 5158 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).