Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 803f98dcfdf4060b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.2 KB
MD5: f79d4e9ad311f20fcca13aa1a0232db1 SHA-1: f10928f24b381cf8f5bbb0fd7af273e9e4259a5c SHA-256: 803f98dcfdf4060b5fcc3323dbfcd0475596d0023c140f93f0329cd72e1973ca
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, specifically leveraging the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability via the Collab.collectEmailInfo method. This technique is commonly used to download and execute further malicious content. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files and ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062' strongly indicates a malicious exploit delivery mechanism.

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
2b83d0e11026b9ee6f2e74184ab93aa9b0cac8691605bc40cebb6a865431d846
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 11802 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
32a779bea9436fcac43c08bb87b661f2285921e5454a7997729570166a19aefb
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 4879 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).