Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3fed4c85f6f13398…

MALICIOUS

PDF

13.4 KB
MD5: 55c8933149bad9985540eefcf943db47 SHA-1: ccb3fc2d375558ba21ff502283c37ece180dae6d SHA-256: 3fed4c85f6f133985ca9583a4a9e335f6d2687271d731baa9d7297cf027daf95
198 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS. The critical heuristic CVE_2007_5659 specifically points to the use of 'collab.collectEmailInfo' for JavaScript execution, which is a known method for exploiting older Adobe Reader versions. The embedded JavaScript is likely designed to download and execute a second-stage payload, as suggested by the 'Agent-36064' ClamAV detection name and the presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files.

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)
  • Annotation subject percent-decoding eval stager critical PDF_ANNOT_SUBJECT_MARKER_EVAL_STAGER
    OpenAction JavaScript forces annotation enumeration, reads an annotation /Subject payload with getAnnots(), rewrites marker bytes into percent escapes, decodes it with unescape(), and dispatches it through eval. This is a high-confidence exploit-kit staging pattern. It is intentionally not mapped to CVE-2009-1492 unless getAnnots() itself carries the crafted integer or long argument shape for that vulnerability.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36064 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36064
  • 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
a5c8f0f722df4dd9876a0087e1eee65bd3020c5995f94f6729f7e17f3f3677a0
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19D 331 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
f566cf249643de28f69d70affe0cfa602695bed23e7b19faf05c289c6a9db588
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F2 12537 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
71a50fa2a954cc038a56031e0531c09b3bf47c7450aa0cb51ddac1cd3a72b8c0
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F2 5222 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).