Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5828d577d9d378e5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.5 KB
MD5: 356bb086b01a514440d349c14d698f4b SHA-1: c3e36268d9cecdb9ba53a699a0d17a40f0bae685 SHA-256: 5828d577d9d378e5fdc7804a47d72f47fd0a53c09f165f00164cc1b0dfb35beb
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 JavaScript is further obfuscated and split into multiple streams, indicating an attempt to conceal its malicious actions. The primary function appears to be the execution of a second-stage payload, as suggested by the heuristic firings and the nature of the exploit.

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
77076bf5865d651dabb0f92c197a1a0bf27ee85dab80113ec59d73e4c0f09fb1
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12325 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
87dd529239db6de6a39cbb5c3f2495ab7549f410e95f6e0ace055378cd727863
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5049 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).