Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 585aaaa711745daa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.7 KB
MD5: b840b2b9feb04b97cc259ec91bd281fe SHA-1: 1f0911d5ec207a30035ffa48a2d60d17267d6fc4 SHA-256: 585aaaa711745daa834addd680338562f1f54f2041473e9545669e4e97805504
146 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability, specifically using the Collab.collectEmailInfo function. This JavaScript is heavily obfuscated but appears designed to download and execute additional malicious content. The presence of multiple deobfuscated JavaScript files further supports the malicious intent. The ClamAV detection also confirms its malicious nature.

Heuristics 6

  • 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-36079 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36079
  • 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.
  • String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE
    String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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
ef8bdac794684ae9cd4eb7091d80e1c5ca478c06c639d72d01626c1f7ce78b6d
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19C 578 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
00fb9940f6eb574372b5a99597021ac233fb7e9529bbfb906ec7582007ba9e7a
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x36F 12167 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
c8f4562b00b1b279d7533e1e9d0c50aaff008d10b4ca71cdd3de76b8e0f885f0
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x36F 4955 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).