Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 484c0fcf500aea99…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.6 KB
MD5: e78b787619d8f3839752482009598616 SHA-1: 54b14b32a05152a6726075c918026e3b1f98afa4 SHA-256: 484c0fcf500aea9937798d4e54c3e5ad0153b6025707a384357ccc1ed8fd72ea
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS'. The critical 'CVE_2007_5659' heuristic specifically points to the use of the 'Collab.collectEmailInfo' JavaScript function, which is known to be used in exploits. This function is likely used to download and execute a second-stage payload. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files further supports this. The overall attack pattern is consistent with a PDF exploit delivering a malicious payload.

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-36065 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36065
  • 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
9c67560e8c63b720885d3efc1627b844b86a6ec08e99e5b65a22eae832045756
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19C 431 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
1f0d02a681f340f0e12a772f193fcf33b37b0612ecee606447abda21439f6012
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 11928 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
fe341b113de75ea90fe724f7fcc377576701611453ce3b85e12c27d8cd262b1f
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 4941 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).