Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 948653fe7c06282d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

13.1 KB
MD5: 32d5240a084ca4f4bfd437e09fd76a99 SHA-1: ae0ebd09c95476c0113487231ee734a9d7de274e SHA-256: 948653fe7c06282da899c31c6039fabb149fdddb255962d602b4f7cd6ca3b8b2
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, identified as malicious by ClamAV (Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062). Heuristics indicate the exploitation of CVE-2007-5659 via the Collab.collectEmailInfo method, which is used to construct and evaluate JavaScript. Deobfuscated JavaScript files (legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js, legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js) were extracted, suggesting a multi-stage attack likely involving the download and execution of additional malicious content.

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
1e759a85f030b359cfa8a6a0a0f93ed4f30a0a2c95626c715043fa171cfc3e51
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12912 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
f6d3a62f08e52ddf05f1335b4fd41d03704de2c058ce0f4fdd69404a04c18f35
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5398 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).