Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5544e4ec907c94c9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.5 KB
MD5: 004c13e12ad8865a1cfaaee083cce7d5 SHA-1: c02e014a9b7c07798498e739a33f0e04bddfca1e SHA-256: 5544e4ec907c94c95c14ebb56b80a00c3e358f82e16ba76731eaddf800774ef0
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS'. The critical 'CVE_2007_5659' heuristic specifically points to the use of 'Collab.collectEmailInfo' for JavaScript execution, a known method for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files further supports the execution of malicious code. The file is detected by ClamAV as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062', confirming 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
98bd15ac96ab434fc4458de5aab00659a16aadb7473aa9fe7f8c09bf04054fd1
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12192 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
6603b6c60d61e212250f27a24a1bb611c1fa8cb53245208c7b3aec325e7d9282
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5032 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).