Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 463e6b5b9ea37757…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.6 KB
MD5: e819158ff974926ba97a28dc12ed5884 SHA-1: 3221310aa762eb2b5093ffa050bb80c0f61a0dd6 SHA-256: 463e6b5b9ea377577f8671f5204b89c79aca5533aa8fb22b5c11aa8f7dcd74ff
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that exploits the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability using the Collab.collectEmailInfo method. This vulnerability allows for arbitrary JavaScript execution, indicating the file's primary purpose is to deliver a malicious payload. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript streams further supports this finding.

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-36062 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062
  • 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
068944f8c011a88ab770b45c6de142b9305a1f515d410204d5eadd9ac2b5bfb3
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19B 373 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
072229ef0e5ccaf26cb692960a124722b955b82c9dccfc97a3755609f45241d8
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12259 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
f4537d8542c272473bfe2d9682c464a7ca0cc1d25e4d9ecf4fa563ddf7cb132f
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5056 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).