Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 433f3d10d13e60ac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.4 KB
MD5: e6ae661a4eab8262a87c8630fcce96da SHA-1: 9e0e418c445b8c5c678bdecf0d9b464e170e91bd SHA-256: 433f3d10d13e60ac4bf92f553aae511abc0bf4b6e6ca105f472f20d226039324
178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that exploits 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 presence of multiple deobfuscated JavaScript files and the ClamAV detection further support this assessment.

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
af30b7810fac97c9e8f7c911dc48cc96ada725569d731aee9f75c0ddfd3a5eb7
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE 11740 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
64826c72eea05264c667c3fc5408a4776ab00740146063766f80a33ea6e6ac2e
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE 4996 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).