Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 380e4853a6fbce80…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.4 KB
MD5: d24468b49ffdde9307cb919f3467f1b9 SHA-1: 90499a16e6be7ec19605eeeee75e64a4515921d6 SHA-256: 380e4853a6fbce80354477fbcda04482854fed4e40444d177ac0023052d47577
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that utilizes the 'eval' and 'unescape' functions, indicating obfuscated code execution. The critical CVE-2007-5659 heuristic firing confirms the exploitation of a specific vulnerability within Adobe Reader, likely to achieve arbitrary code execution. The embedded JavaScript is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload.

Heuristics 7

  • 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)
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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.
  • 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj111611_000.js
e7d1232c16a6e584ebcad6ed89ed39659361935894de0b1df6aee2e4fe16ce04
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111611 at offset 0x84B 478 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
a3a8ba9a1a71d26945e6b031d50664aea29c4676aafd562e117d008b6019329b
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x189 2634 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).