Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3194c34fdd526084…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.9 KB
MD5: c49dba35d19814d2a4a2fa34c57026da SHA-1: b270bd409311eab3530630fbd0e1e5a554e21ddd SHA-256: 3194c34fdd5260844de7ea914205a9985f82be69bf2ac7e43738b89f2aaf832f
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, identified as malicious by ClamAV and triggering critical heuristics related to CVE-2007-5659. The JavaScript is further processed into two deobfuscated JS files, indicating a multi-stage exploit. The primary attack pattern involves leveraging the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability to execute this JavaScript, which is designed to download and execute a secondary payload.

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
3c515727209acf1745f9c041e946f09a28ff846d5c7e679b6740203a3bd5ebbe
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12535 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
3e5b0a1d5684a1a29b8421f6b86253b78ac96c1a8d82b23a2b885f53c5d569bc
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5226 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).