Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9695b1a2d20891d7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.8 KB
MD5: 0c67b0cf9ef71d8d31c23e28c1bbbbe7 SHA-1: a1b8ceb02dcee6d8898d35d4ce54acbae16e53b7 SHA-256: 9695b1a2d20891d77a8e8fc6e36d8e020717800e7dc9a97f64b110d7ee518acc
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 (Collab.collectEmailInfo). This JavaScript is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload, as indicated by the presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files and the ClamAV detection signature 'Pdf.Dropper.Agent-9448646-0'. The attack pattern is consistent with a PDF-based dropper.

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.Dropper.Agent-9448646-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-9448646-0
  • 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
1847af0a099665b6ac45af66402e56ed64237a1b287618ee3d6643267fda6f35
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19D 343 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
3556bc932a36ba2b4473617976e83c933604be0eaa2983dd9be4132b66a703c0
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F0 12514 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
6ef6cb45ebaccff9b3f407cdbbf1794f2659ef5367633cec29011671bd31837a
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F0 5146 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).