Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7897b4cd53c30da1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.3 KB
MD5: dde9f92dd6964cc94c5c2aa88415834f SHA-1: 07cbbb41a6bcff78fc3ff31247d1b704ace8bf1f SHA-256: 7897b4cd53c30da1ad86cc56c8b781e91f91766fedcf8bd50fc25820b690f89a
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and triggers a critical heuristic for CVE-2007-5659, indicating an exploit attempt. The embedded JavaScript streams, named 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' and 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js', are likely responsible for executing the malicious payload. The exploit leverages the Collab.collectEmailInfo method to achieve code execution.

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
d76d4e25baf9e25929f13cc89f076342d468a9d657a6c38d6a05aa899d1df3fb
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 12593 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
c7bd4cad4192a93b4c0f61b8d98bc3434c174c406fbd9448837f7dd7c23dc63f
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 5244 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).