Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7d7950e094be6d31…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.0 KB
MD5: e5b07ccfe8a79dbd1e670794da0de8b4 SHA-1: efe98d6b69447373636a0588f045cca3369c24e5 SHA-256: 7d7950e094be6d31cbc89235631e320f05a994b91bdabcfba454a256440df8b6
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and triggers a critical heuristic for CVE-2007-5659, indicating it exploits a known vulnerability. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files suggests the script is designed to download and execute further malicious content. The ClamAV detection further supports its malicious nature.

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
6350464eb62a5e92a52bcc3cfdc3d75bd060fcd56d851ea36e0e40a37c87bcdc
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 11877 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
7aff7578365c8bc30a96efa2b6719432b846d84d936b517641ea627a1a1d3572
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 4877 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).