Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2e2df7b1b2c3375e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.6 KB
MD5: b7955a5ebd766fcdd43b82e964c2ee5b SHA-1: 9fe3d342129fb27cd978af7e436c9706e277feae SHA-256: 2e2df7b1b2c3375e1408716b9c7099edb35fe7268429d158b95ba60519a98810
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability (Collab.collectEmailInfo). The JavaScript is obfuscated and likely intended to download and execute a second-stage payload. The presence of multiple deobfuscated JavaScript files further supports this. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062' indicates a known exploit pattern.

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
5c9535d0bee6cda48bb812b9a362c734c193737b8ffdad96c2e1f0309e6750e5
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12423 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
96d6a1c1c914e3f201556af977b3a090a146816516d71d1f3ee0cb4a1e381df5
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5072 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).