Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3d4ef54b92802657…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.3 KB
MD5: 00ed442aa5a2d64cf5132fccd157975b SHA-1: 2de69f5e3fbfd00e3b47726d82ff4b5407e871f4 SHA-256: 3d4ef54b92802657886674e1ae55f88bb82cd29e72d9f214e74113c4d9fc35df
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious Link: Malicious File T1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell T1059.003 Command and Scripting Interpreter: Windows Command Shell T1059.007 Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript

The file is a PDF that exploits CVE-2007-5659 using embedded JavaScript. The JavaScript is obfuscated and appears to be designed to download and execute a second-stage payload, as indicated by the extracted JS files and ClamAV detection. The specific exploit mechanism involves the `collab.collectEmailInfo` method.

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
f304d66076a8e481d26c283563cda38dd852f46dc6927fe20264175cd2f4a2ac
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12086 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
cdcf391bbaec25d0fe8faf0dff2ac8bee358fca2c0f914740d9decf3f7e0dfed
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 4927 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).