Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 94f12f84a3ee26c1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.6 KB
MD5: 9d3fd92cae5848a98d95542346baf25d SHA-1: 5af1e15f57d56587ee93d6704e288755dbce9e9d SHA-256: 94f12f84a3ee26c1db0ef2498221b83784aa19be2d35af48964049de3026a176
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified by multiple heuristics including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS'. The critical 'CVE_2007_5659' heuristic indicates the exploitation of a known vulnerability related to the 'Collab.collectEmailInfo' JavaScript function. This function is used to construct and evaluate JavaScript code, a common technique for downloading and executing further malicious content. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files ('legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js', 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js') further supports this. The overall attack pattern is consistent with a PDF-based exploit delivery mechanism.

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
c17c8baadb93df1d14a0afdf1b1964149aa7bfed775190c5b6d17eabd38d33b0
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12255 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
7fba820df26586a6967c7eba9a5d1bf2e32ba4b544de2ca87a6523f19816f75b
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5044 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).