Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8590f02a8b9ec6f8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.8 KB
MD5: 7a30aee5d8595653d5e5653c497662ec SHA-1: fd81a1fea22ce44e2782ae2964366a0fe79e30a8 SHA-256: 8590f02a8b9ec6f8aa309605aa8e533a8625b291d47e96a30c6525855e69ec09
146 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that exploits CVE-2007-5659 via the `collab.collectEmailInfo` function. Static analysis recovered deobfuscated JavaScript streams, indicating the likely execution of a multi-stage attack. The primary intent appears to be the download and execution of further malicious content, as suggested by the presence of multiple JavaScript files and the ClamAV detection signature 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35903'.

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-35903 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35903
  • 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.
  • syncAnnotScan annotation-staging primitive low PDF_FOXIT_SYNCANNOTSCAN
    PDF JavaScript calls syncAnnotScan() — a no-op annotation-enumeration primitive used by exploit-kit JavaScript to stage payload reads from annotation /Subject fields before eval(). Not a vulnerable sink itself; rarely seen in legitimate PDFs. (matched in decompressed 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
860eae5f96eb426380281c575a089242b50523bbb4bbb8dd765e582cd9c07d2e
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19D 294 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
28e1627703f5d131d70c38109b5061f0ef69556fc33e17883c9f455216c92478
deobfuscated-js z-percent hex-pair decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2E8 4956 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
a19a744272bb5e5d3b48a8e25ac149731f7d8201b3286d7d741103ee09381223
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2E8 12020 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).