Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 33795aa4c81cec41…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.7 KB
MD5: bcfb2ddcff959ef75d9323df9653df11 SHA-1: fc2a84c5b28449c8929beac0f6de62a8ac68994d SHA-256: 33795aa4c81cec41cba93aca0f09867cc8440b753870fefbf2ef06bc18b85e0c
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that exploits CVE-2007-5659 using the Collab.collectEmailInfo method. The heuristics indicate that this JavaScript is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload, as evidenced by the extraction of deobfuscated JavaScript files. The ClamAV detection further confirms the malicious nature of the file.

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
4c62250d8cff2e99883a80f536512623012d636c5e61b65aab1d8d4d16a4bd6f
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12399 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
5e97364c10cd16aa36a4cb07ab0040c47365a2a4455fac92297fdd8dd2347065
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5106 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).