Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 920e55db1eca58ed…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.5 KB
MD5: 31b68d73f155b49f22fd4e2704b2dfac SHA-1: 6b06eb761cd045fbb53a7205a1a92a7dbf3341e4 SHA-256: 920e55db1eca58ed3a9119c644c3a5fd01a52e034702e56bdb28602035161cd1
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings. Specifically, the 'CVE_2007_5659' rule highlights the use of 'Collab.collectEmailInfo' to execute JavaScript, which is a known method for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files ('legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js', 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js') further confirms the execution of malicious code. The overall attack pattern suggests a PDF exploit designed to deliver a secondary payload.

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
e73e5420bddab9de766346d9a73b3820ef8f999eed8069b4b9055d96e27b0a10
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 11706 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
eb48000df82dfb832e613ea875826bb005ac10ebd77dcc06378c3357229fa2ff
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 4772 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).