Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 336c4db2bde620f2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.3 KB
MD5: fba075670f89abe0e7bc199d5659ff48 SHA-1: 43b26b9f57df6fd22d99939d1681ac79d79e91c4 SHA-256: 336c4db2bde620f27b8bbc99877a0fcfabe48d5fb814a304ae6589438dc3fe2e
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 exploit is designed to execute arbitrary code, as indicated by the ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36079'. The JavaScript is heavily obfuscated, but the core functionality appears to be the exploitation of this specific CVE. The presence of multiple JavaScript streams and the critical heuristic firing for CVE-2007-5659 strongly suggest this is a malicious PDF dropper.

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
e7e2f374fab1a0ef3006491caf7011abc7a838ac4f5e1055aadb9ebca8a60288
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x36F 11752 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
12d02484727f5e76b5476301cef4e4b6eaa3be821ed5ed3e44d52f1a9e46ec92
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x36F 4769 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).