Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3154e3a11bae6526…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.9 KB
MD5: 8fa86d7e7829b99f275ffae4a4ede1be SHA-1: 9508f5d2fcf0bc758197f4d03977ccf7ece5256a SHA-256: 3154e3a11bae6526979dcd2dfa6732da36ea1eaa6bcb5d2614a5465533ba8818
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, specifically targeting the Collab.collectEmailInfo function. This exploit is designed to execute arbitrary JavaScript, which in this case is heavily obfuscated but appears to be a downloader for a second-stage payload. The presence of multiple deobfuscated JavaScript files and ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36079' strongly indicates malicious intent.

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
331d415740ad7e53b8f92d82889756c33f98f23830f89c082e6890f68d835cba
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x36F 12514 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
402f6c5ee1ed4bc064f81bbb7e9fd691a91f620d2867de1d8e13aa28eb678c47
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x36F 5165 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).