Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 510b4aac8df18f0b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.4 KB
MD5: 3382464f0e03bd1f25b9e2768c31208f SHA-1: f7b75bd865a6f1ae34913a7fadf235002ed1ce46 SHA-256: 510b4aac8df18f0bd8e94ec131a69012e31a8fb5ac01634bd5bc7a5c8795f6ca
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is flagged as malicious by ClamAV (Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062). The critical heuristic CVE_2007_5659 indicates the use of a specific exploit targeting the Collab.collectEmailInfo function to execute JavaScript. This JavaScript is likely designed to download and execute a secondary payload, as suggested by the presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files.

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
3c21c39150a7654a8f1fb6feb4032d33e37edccb1a14fabce843ffd59518a1c3
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12168 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
37954208d750bd3264e57788c487e6ea83a1198c1ddf879252213ce8d87c7c9d
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5000 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).