Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 57103ed15f3bf149…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.9 KB
MD5: 3145149d361eac371ad7269f0c7ffefd SHA-1: f960e7cd2c22919140cd145bb5a03bd765f0e7c1 SHA-256: 57103ed15f3bf149a869f97f79af0dad9964d978e23fffaf40bc7a0342d2c191
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.002 Malicious File

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, identified as malicious by ClamAV. Heuristics indicate the use of CVE-2007-5659, specifically the 'Collab.collectEmailInfo' function, which is used to launch JavaScript. This JavaScript is likely responsible for exploiting the PDF reader to download and execute a second-stage payload.

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-36065 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36065
  • 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
9c67560e8c63b720885d3efc1627b844b86a6ec08e99e5b65a22eae832045756
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19C 431 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
b2d76e51d812d281f96c211b0df8cc1f1edd003f035705cb83e6bcba07104723
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 12152 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
29a84c22c270db6f245d066686dfc8d443c67bc672b64e3189219590d175ffde
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 5042 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).