Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 366e709705e8de91…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.6 KB
MD5: a82b74be7e3ebce9a87967802cd22622 SHA-1: de12d37054ab5d74de50577dd4d818235ffb9093 SHA-256: 366e709705e8de91c9704464740756ec99d5472657ff499c8f5d73223eda6345
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS'. The 'CVE_2007_5659' heuristic specifically points to the exploitation of a known vulnerability using the 'collab.collectEmailInfo' function to execute JavaScript. This script is likely designed to download and execute a secondary payload, a common technique for initial access. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files further supports this analysis.

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
09df8107bb47775928da840285021fdc981e40c11118c44fdc7b7447ad31cc42
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 12015 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
63e6b6aa0db46183bd83e875ec0fa1a71bc85e09ddb94e5250891536ddd59d8d
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 4891 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).