Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 583074b00481cf4d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.7 KB
MD5: 26d0ddc3920a4cb6a79a9e2712936059 SHA-1: 87797f05a4edacc1e6b723b6d5603d354dd6f102 SHA-256: 583074b00481cf4db445c089f9e7fa4820a930a23f0f3615ee5e52541548e7e8
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified by multiple heuristics including CVE-2007-5659. The JavaScript is further obfuscated and split into multiple files, suggesting an attempt to evade detection. The primary function appears to be the execution of this JavaScript, which likely downloads and executes a second-stage payload. The specific exploit used is identified as CVE-2007-5659, related to the Collab.collectEmailInfo method.

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
4a9edf15efede0433a6de86a05c720a310886366e35745502216139a199dca16
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 11971 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
8f38319efee2100db7d351e22470a2e650013bae05d9287140f80233077edd4b
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 4864 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).