Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 89f0920a033c8195…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.8 KB
MD5: ffdcd98ea6fa9880cd134ea13e10c379 SHA-1: 74c60535bfcbdc70dd6314909296c8cb59f26e9f SHA-256: 89f0920a033c81951c77419fc88cd99792ec83371e3fc30e651785ead1ec7a84
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability via the Collab.collectEmailInfo function. This JavaScript is likely designed to download and execute a secondary payload, as indicated by the presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files. The ClamAV detection further confirms 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
5d89c86f993b298dccfc7e7ae6d9744a16102b8b6f5c43c500dca28890586be1
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12458 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
37e8c6a85d5e5637fae36bafab6c12e1dde83b8671fb0ac673986d9c52c67191
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5160 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).