Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9cff0e48366fb43b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.4 KB
MD5: e4b61e3cf81829df6861a55d51e17563 SHA-1: 95153a862078cdf459f6f659149aa9cbc7060ff9 SHA-256: 9cff0e48366fb43be7e8202aa30642e80c3e9c1f22a7bc46edfd66f607c837b6
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that exploits CVE-2007-5659 via the Collab.collectEmailInfo function. This JavaScript is further obfuscated and split into multiple streams, indicating an attempt to hide its malicious actions. The primary intent appears to be the execution of a second-stage payload, as suggested by the heuristic firings and the presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files.

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
cbd00d8a0b5a003acc047b05fa0d4206a8f47fdbdd80447bf275c35b01a6e6f5
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 11993 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
11aa2c6da7cd66745f5312d8ac2d2c93beba1471723a625a7a2e1310696c5a19
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 4996 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).