Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3c7b0590aa883845…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.3 KB
MD5: 31028ba539ed1ae189045e1359d04750 SHA-1: 0707ace82e07325de56d40af13b8fa0e8b72f8bd SHA-256: 3c7b0590aa8838456d736dbb301fd62dbb6798880cb6df828f17b74231b19778
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that exploits the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability using the Collab.collectEmailInfo method. The deobfuscated JavaScript streams suggest the execution of a secondary payload. This indicates a typical exploit delivery mechanism for PDF-based malware.

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
bcb76e86708a566b0c4744eb8c219251cc76abfddcd13c20b9e8fa19fd1f1009
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12040 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
618a46bab5f755e0eedd13bd76ced1e682fae5971b365d4585a64c1a2afdc41a
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 4940 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).