Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 36c79792ea60065e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.6 KB
MD5: 70fb95776f8c9db99e60aac4292f65c0 SHA-1: bf88fe106260585f66912e1cb531f5f7d745bce7 SHA-256: 36c79792ea60065ee7bd53af71713e217e8d5845b24bab0c12707ad9eda05fff
178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.001 Malicious Link/URL T1204.002 Malicious File

The critical heuristic CVE_2007_5659 indicates the exploitation of a known vulnerability in PDF files using the Collab.collectEmailInfo method. This method is used to launch embedded JavaScript. The presence of multiple JavaScript streams and deobfuscated JS files further supports this. The ClamAV detection of Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35905 confirms the malicious nature of the file.

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
d3a9c0c54138a5b2560d2cefa66c111e39d4df54358e81371b06f56ceef382a0
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE 12264 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
042a8ff20db0ac3090e0ee698b0af0083baf1e0d1f15c877c31aacdcb8697c14
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE 5101 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).