Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9ba50813f94d0cfd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.5 KB
MD5: c6a0a2cfb3b14f3e1a56004e378d6b41 SHA-1: 1e4444292a60d22f3b6648b770501282f93015f0 SHA-256: 9ba50813f94d0cfd097c6d6c6f73cb6a5dd3615a9e42701d35622a38bcdf6275
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that exploits the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability, specifically targeting the Collab.collectEmailInfo function. This JavaScript is designed to be executed by Adobe Reader, likely to download and execute a secondary payload. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files and ClamAV detection further supports 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
7b08727025a3d8de32b4e84551b32ec92d099074a7b3cb0f2a3b04e781f53022
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12247 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
0b02784a4bcde1d056b99d065359071acec51f84d081de9c83b2ba85718784e0
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5041 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).