Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 93332c8ebf03a93e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.0 KB
MD5: b124c4c96518c8dd6021134c21179a63 SHA-1: 5bfa7b13da3efb75ab5c9a8265304f1c5efe2bf2 SHA-256: 93332c8ebf03a93ed03f5585f387f8e41701abc28b7677cf62c1c62a328d86b6
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.002 Malicious File

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, identified as malicious by ClamAV and heuristics targeting CVE-2007-5659. The JavaScript is obfuscated and likely intended to download and execute a secondary payload. The exploit leverages the 'Collab.collectEmailInfo' method, a known vector for PDF exploits.

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
d3170a590e6b953eaae42cd467037998868429d5831b1623a68f1f1f5655cb37
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 11703 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
868e7ef19f41d37b7c4a7580975dca34bd3fdc1be3c1dd8c84e897f84af431b5
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 4774 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).