Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4f7032e0838323be…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.6 KB
MD5: d1c3115501f271ae9110de32242de59b SHA-1: a7297b47cecc1fb6a1e45944719df5830c79a0f1 SHA-256: 4f7032e0838323becab7390db0c394988e1dc69ebef9f7d799f942bce68d9929
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability (Collab.collectEmailInfo). The analysis indicates that this JavaScript is designed to download and execute further malicious content, as evidenced by the extraction of deobfuscated JavaScript files. The specific exploit and delivery mechanism suggest a downloader or initial access stage.

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
aa3a545ab065327ada1fd15d329fc60e35a3f0a3201cfee3a876cd6c18408506
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12366 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
bb38754e353246f43ca161efd9d71fbd5f8c12f984f8d22f1163329b29645dab
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5034 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).