Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 49954fcafc17659d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.3 KB
MD5: 2a2e1fc84e4442ef776158fa0f95ef33 SHA-1: 02d5fdbc81321abaed4cd20c9a48e1333428ce2f SHA-256: 49954fcafc17659d5df7fe0adfe380076abd4ccabdc957b6de8e7aebcbaece5b
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious. Specifically, the CVE-2007-5659 heuristic indicates the use of a known exploit targeting the Collab.collectEmailInfo function to execute JavaScript. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files suggests the script's purpose is to download and execute further stages. The ClamAV detection further supports its malicious nature.

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
ba7923f10070b3330dc6b140f7ddce7bd3c70bf9ded99741bc70f427544b1b7b
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 11999 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
eb6a613b83dbb13cfcb5e13c49389c51148eded854e65254af6a505bb3da71c3
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 4923 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).