Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3642965e5c16d155…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.8 KB
MD5: 80f5aed2076240fa2fdf2f06c0e5901a SHA-1: f5ffb7963a59fa36bd76a6825b2c736715754639 SHA-256: 3642965e5c16d155639f23fa9ea3b1bb05b28ff5c2a76c3f0533b505a9a2d0d8
146 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability, specifically using the 'Collab.collectEmailInfo' method. This JavaScript is heavily obfuscated but appears designed to download and execute a secondary payload. The presence of multiple deobfuscated JavaScript files and the ClamAV detection further support its malicious nature. The exact download URL or execution command could not be definitively reconstructed due to obfuscation.

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
b78be7dab0457bd3a2cd603f429bc2c4875aa8cd8b56de036b59594f41e6f521
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x36F 12170 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
420ee787843f291fdbe4543ac0af585217d829e73a63176b1a6f07e3a2e238e3
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x36F 4998 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).