Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 91affc0ee881baa7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.9 KB
MD5: a7c6fa45163741e5878089a3d421a9f9 SHA-1: 0553c7c08813c58b4d9405080a69db7eb0c7dd91 SHA-256: 91affc0ee881baa7a7a689a6eeae4d9fa0d92f80015c3fa378de7f3303858ce9
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, identified as malicious by ClamAV (Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36065). Heuristics indicate the exploitation of CVE-2007-5659 via the Collab.collectEmailInfo method, which is used to launch JavaScript. The deobfuscated JavaScript files (legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js and legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js) suggest the script's purpose is to download and execute a secondary payload. The document body is unreadable, but the presence of exploit code and embedded scripts strongly indicates a malicious intent.

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
a43ba3d4adcbfb974c9a16b29ee91491151f7a897c4966cb1246ad4d60919358
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 12239 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
0ed3af971deab7d503b70418ed41183c5363e89e5eee9d8dcb445221926ce6dc
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 5035 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).