Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 33d19c827f186a7b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.2 KB
MD5: 6a47c5d3351fd222ee39fb401877540b SHA-1: 325bafe80b5e6615d8a43f230cfc96ffe0b430a5 SHA-256: 33d19c827f186a7b860c749d58a9ffa792dcae94e82f7d8da926e3460a8a3d71
178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that utilizes the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability via the Collab.collectEmailInfo method. This JavaScript is heavily obfuscated but appears designed to decode and execute further malicious code. The presence of multiple deobfuscated JavaScript streams and the ClamAV detection strongly indicate this is a malicious PDF exploiting a known vulnerability to deliver a payload.

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-35905 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35905
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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
d8a6b4ad1abf04d0c4a4f89535cfb57f7312edef25c443f4e844c8ec9d0929dd
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19B 352 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
1e9a0a3787ab7e4b21cf82dcc3480262d1d9ffa495fd20c61a22ed93abd8eb6f
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE 11744 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
fdb93858488516915a46d27be61a1ce82f7ebe90411ec962f62155ffd9b07597
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE 4867 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).