Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4441a93718cef151…

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.5 KB
MD5: 19af6d99fc2803ac0258498220543241 SHA-1: 117d65fa1bb98d3d80d8e98ccbcd1aba53238b5d SHA-256: 4441a93718cef15165073f5160fa4b3fb0f10db476270417aad6aad23d9f3e76
180 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript T1204.002 Malicious Link

The critical heuristic firing for CVE-2007-5659 indicates the PDF exploits a vulnerability using JavaScript. The embedded JavaScript streams, particularly the deobfuscated ones, suggest the script's purpose is to download and execute further malicious content. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature.

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
8aadb5e1fd534fad9644e48169040a6f55b9aa900b12a9d01060e018f58037ae
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE 12146 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
3b7ca744606d4de6c365234230c14b6a40268b151704c64150d9bb55d4321b2a
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE 5090 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).