Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 436d280cef6cf02f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.9 KB
MD5: f6f3a2d2ef65a659e0065031c23d1f9d SHA-1: bd09ffd83d229587de3fb6a94bc85ab0b8baea25 SHA-256: 436d280cef6cf02ff77433d4fa4b5876953f0e4081401da4ebb5867b52f988f0
146 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common delivery mechanism for exploits. The critical heuristic 'CVE_2007_5659' indicates the use of a known vulnerability to execute JavaScript. This script likely downloads and executes a second-stage payload, as suggested by the 'deobfuscated-js' artifacts. The PDF itself does not contain readable content, further supporting its role as a malicious loader.

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-36079 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36079
  • 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.
  • String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE
    String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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
ef8bdac794684ae9cd4eb7091d80e1c5ca478c06c639d72d01626c1f7ce78b6d
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19C 578 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
c2d282d649877f5f0e7b6983defd0964cc0a2680197e5fb0a4487931ce9a091d
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x36F 12496 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
02b925faeb3b973fb974586de1cef533241ae6844425812a290ea097be825959
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x36F 5129 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).