Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 98881ae8f6878a40…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.2 KB
MD5: 1d07b33e2d74695a1fff2d0e4b1b383f SHA-1: ddbddaa1552cf35e61105dc77ec6908c3ae67e2b SHA-256: 98881ae8f6878a40cbdd5efad83e7125aa88ef6d692e25ef46bad6fea27faa6a
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities. The critical heuristic CVE_2007_5659 indicates the use of a specific exploit targeting the Collab.collectEmailInfo function. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files suggests the script is designed to download and execute further malicious content, aligning with the ClamAV detection of Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062.

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
33a19671487d14fe106e9b5a2e1d4891224cdc4f0155137cdca606ae3143cbb3
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 11852 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
6ddf735516a0050f3fc1cd287cdf366cfb51714d75a8cef833e22cd60f8e6533
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 4876 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).