Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3b22e469da70db6e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.6 KB
MD5: 9ea95d85bb5bf53071316bd44ed13577 SHA-1: fca8f25b2ef36ee7623a74c9001eb8ec9a1cd560 SHA-256: 3b22e469da70db6eaf55b1c7fa38c286879880058dbad04713f314924c72294c
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 (Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062). Heuristics indicate the exploitation of CVE-2007-5659 via JavaScript, which is used to collect information and likely download a secondary payload. The deobfuscated JavaScript files suggest a multi-stage execution process typical of exploit kits.

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
fb6a274e808ed4a54b5c932373111059528968f684c517ec7b7864dd42ab5312
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12282 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
0c31c2ef20949dbb21f075164971eea015306a8b79b75c9175f03ee54deddc2f
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5065 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).