Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 95b8a19d52654f5e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.9 KB
MD5: 38403673c65f5c27e7c27b9367ce878e SHA-1: 8b26264e5cec87ac01720679be52cec4a6b8b30f SHA-256: 95b8a19d52654f5e493ebbbb94ba95555543fa3a8c44896780c4083dd5f70415
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that exploits CVE-2007-5659, specifically using the Collab.collectEmailInfo method. The heuristics indicate that this JavaScript is deobfuscated and likely intended to download and execute a secondary payload, as suggested by the presence of 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' and 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js'. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature.

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
2d22ea83a21f657b0b7113246541406c2febfd64822abe1b5c0cdc81b981b600
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12523 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
0a021ae33504dfcf2e9fa36f502f6d878ea7e7d74746a2bf1fdb2e7348f0b780
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5221 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).