Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4645b7d10cc7660c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.4 KB
MD5: 4892a52227e05ce95a49c660800bc2bb SHA-1: 003d7bff3d40449cfd6b920bcacb2c3445141748 SHA-256: 4645b7d10cc7660cbef35521cfde01daa7acfd865dbbbb3b066115b859abcce1
178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, triggered by the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability (Collab.collectEmailInfo). The JavaScript is heavily obfuscated but appears to be designed to download and execute a second-stage payload. The presence of multiple deobfuscated JavaScript files and the ClamAV detection further support 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
c3f327e589ec2a7601d8ff6096efac4f16df952d06d93701f18c090158647672
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE 11991 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
6232d96916a6782a9b7b1218ce1f350471e6d891582fa8d2edbf2b9f678c37db
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE 5012 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).