Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 398e632feb91a47c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.1 KB
MD5: 1d1d4de00fcbc5b543eea1ba2227ff54 SHA-1: faba3a0706057e6091906b8239c1c289f0cb86ee SHA-256: 398e632feb91a47c8e81a312f8494c87bfa2e8a97af822c10648801edd6040df
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, identified as malicious by ClamAV and triggering critical heuristics related to CVE-2007-5659. The JavaScript is obfuscated and appears to be part of a multi-stage exploit chain, with extracted files named 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' and 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js'. The primary attack vector involves the 'collab.collectEmailInfo' JavaScript function, which is known to be used in PDF exploits to achieve arbitrary code execution.

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
fa28368fe73a363b3e983203d5bc05f96298c4836e2ea91be0545eec64543c1f
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 11757 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
11347460ced4869ae20399763db8f11ff81e570ecbbd8e16db47c7391a8a6f7e
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 4893 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).