Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4db5fa2f3e30ce5a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

13.0 KB
MD5: 86302413994f9275d3fa943d2d3fa041 SHA-1: d0c341bc265730efa1863ac78ad6448033390128 SHA-256: 4db5fa2f3e30ce5a766562f4d1577b49f6309de14116129d2d9d7e4b8c3c4a7a
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 (Collab.collectEmailInfo). This exploit is designed to execute arbitrary JavaScript, which is then used to deobfuscate and likely execute further malicious code from embedded JS streams. The presence of multiple deobfuscated JS files indicates a multi-stage loading process.

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-36064 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36064
  • 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
a5c8f0f722df4dd9876a0087e1eee65bd3020c5995f94f6729f7e17f3f3677a0
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19D 331 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
ea989f938a3511e9516e7c0426f283af6216bdcebea7b431bb3972460e14ad91
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F2 11977 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
67529cbfd67c0a3a79626554d2f7da0a13a3a38903aea145bc1952f0958fd110
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F2 5050 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).