Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9662c776d0e70ed6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.7 KB
MD5: 1e67d48969db0dba2933b866524e2f27 SHA-1: 4eabc4b28a0f5797ecd007e3d98e1bd2065e3d5f SHA-256: 9662c776d0e70ed68b01e0546b30910ae9120e354428a1602ef6f1b9c67f100b
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability through the Collab.collectEmailInfo method. This technique is commonly used to download and execute additional malicious content. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files further supports the malicious intent.

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-36064 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36064
  • 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
a5c8f0f722df4dd9876a0087e1eee65bd3020c5995f94f6729f7e17f3f3677a0
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19D 331 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
0b6522ebae7dbc7254dc0fdc49cd652796db73e2a9fc0a456f552c897e83c67c
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F2 11832 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
e22d340c98b9cd6656d8f3da3c644528a73da490eb5f1228768315e0231556a2
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F2 4884 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).