Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 402967e4eaa5913c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.6 KB
MD5: b765860bddf5aada8b1c77d341552c24 SHA-1: 182b36754e3e83a3d8bc5199be78c79593c35954 SHA-256: 402967e4eaa5913c2ea18de2e9653a7855ec823449fbb74cf5f3af8b33a26833
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The critical CVE_2007_5659 heuristic indicates a specific exploit targeting the Collab.collectEmailInfo function, which is used to launch JavaScript. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files (legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js and legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js) suggests that the embedded script is designed to download and execute further malicious content. The ClamAV detection further supports its malicious nature.

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-36065 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36065
  • 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
9c67560e8c63b720885d3efc1627b844b86a6ec08e99e5b65a22eae832045756
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19C 431 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
fcb6cca110694517c0844b72933d95b698ca304a2a30d7524f8dd0a16d74831f
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 11900 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
396421a1432e33ec5872b41c21cda90a65bb1ce853b0e6aa729aa0109347a589
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 4917 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).