Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 488050c6db36e8cb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.5 KB
MD5: 11fc4f7c058b15e99420e60aa015dc1d SHA-1: 69f082f1e8d0fb74c3549341a69df27cc526ca84 SHA-256: 488050c6db36e8cb9d943d9b71e4296070a7225376884586c153a5c23821a22f
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability via the Collab.collectEmailInfo method. This JavaScript is further obfuscated and split into multiple streams, indicating an attempt to conceal its malicious actions. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files suggests the exploit is designed to download and execute additional malicious content.

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
9263d28dc85a3f7df18a8076238a7d3d4588bba006689756e77890c1bf3f9054
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12214 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
18cca66687acf6d12b01d16d33b4d5bd354c887dd29517c4832b1a989c76a7d6
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5019 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).