Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7de790f8dc8aecbe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.7 KB
MD5: 02092914874fffa59817a8e1d5a08462 SHA-1: 3713fde7c0360cdc4e9e3ab273681a9e33e43df1 SHA-256: 7de790f8dc8aecbe979bbac6e70d893ad7d5ac0effc5c2aa2a243e4570bb2657
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, identified as malicious by ClamAV (Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062). Heuristics indicate exploitation of CVE-2007-5659 via JavaScript actions and streams. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files suggests the script's purpose is to download and execute a second-stage payload, a common technique for initial compromise.

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
52afaeea05a56b0a3252e4dfa530a76b373b9b52289672849bacc051fe42759a
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12512 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
8e5507f9afa25afbd5a007b7e0fa886c6caff8c3f5ee22189d33ed7fa5a9f19a
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5149 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).