Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8b7de0358300030d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.0 KB
MD5: 1a0911930676359f78d1caea7a9d419e SHA-1: 2013bcf26fc5bd8e946b48a5ae6f3a9beeddb51e SHA-256: 8b7de0358300030db8e6798b6677d6547fc7e759b3b0a8cc826bcbe407c5603a
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS'. The critical 'CVE_2007_5659' firing specifically mentions the use of 'Collab.collectEmailInfo' to execute JavaScript, which is a known exploit technique. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files ('legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js', 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js') further supports the exploitation of JavaScript within the PDF. The overall behavior suggests an attempt to leverage a PDF vulnerability to run malicious code.

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-36065 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36065
  • 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
9c67560e8c63b720885d3efc1627b844b86a6ec08e99e5b65a22eae832045756
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19C 431 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
dff8ce08d55710c270d28f984854f1028c75e80dcca3b1cacf9be5aab2f6462f
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 12345 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
5c984652f1b91c2d1859dff036f3479e77887f1493498f5b18f09672e939c9cb
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 5065 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).