Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 35c94312783fdf2c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.1 KB
MD5: fca2dab0b27b2c054776d6eae70813d9 SHA-1: 1da5b2ef1a01b472e5172ee3359106c53124c03f SHA-256: 35c94312783fdf2c3cb4bb8ea5358374a80253aebda7d9fe5d7978043233257d
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages the 'collab.collectEmailInfo' function, a known indicator for the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability. The heuristics indicate that this JavaScript is used to launch further stages, likely downloading and executing additional malicious content. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files named 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' and 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js' further supports this, suggesting a multi-stage attack. The ClamAV detection also 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-36065 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36065
  • 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
9c67560e8c63b720885d3efc1627b844b86a6ec08e99e5b65a22eae832045756
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19C 431 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
6c18a696e74ed24a09f5704a2270226da8ac9a5711907954502f0e55c4fbaece
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 12370 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
4323f0bbdc7f8bc97ad1e75e7d0f351696bf9c9650dbb58f5ece233f14c0c75a
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 5111 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).