Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3b8b61223b16476e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.5 KB
MD5: 95d5b8e3108ed20297b421aac7b73fad SHA-1: 08fc526d8e43dfdf82b6c1261c277b4036a9e308 SHA-256: 3b8b61223b16476e2d4bfdcfbd94f2bd564fa4d44a3af378cebc2e7b486b36f7
178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.002 Malicious File T1071.001 Web Protocols

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability via the Collab.collectEmailInfo method. This JavaScript is heavily obfuscated but appears designed to download and execute a secondary payload. The ClamAV detection of Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35905 further supports the malicious nature of this 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
7de2ebfeee553781d820cb6e15ea8ab53427b01130a0090ede8222eed5772872
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE 12182 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
9366dbfe3b548a798fcf52f42405a5fcff5d0ea905564eca899606502af93881
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE 5133 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).