Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3615861c2b90a261…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.2 KB
MD5: bde4bc093509515266ebc4dceb3d1a19 SHA-1: 8bb849c5cf4f2b7013b11f86ee47419a50f28f8f SHA-256: 3615861c2b90a261dd663b2661975032373906b433fcfb4e5149c2789c5d7b9a
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability, specifically using the Collab.collectEmailInfo method. This technique is commonly used to bypass PDF security features and execute arbitrary code. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files suggests an attempt to download and execute further malicious content.

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
18ffcde56f3fb5f3aa4f62fc4866798b8b8b7837aba6e7fb26d8bbdbf535eb03
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 11747 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
7e73b438b7c19a9e42c509ca5eedd1f3ddb16d1652a3e955ff3d122a464aed07
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 4879 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).