Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9cffccbff7af9570…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.6 KB
MD5: bc6b8e100dc42f4be8be5f2f952cea60 SHA-1: 5bb0b411b3b204ac2df6fa59a8614f72f2921daa SHA-256: 9cffccbff7af95705778866ffb42bc2b23e609173e93ade9d098e1bf918cf8fc
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1059.001 PowerShell T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that exploits CVE-2007-5659 using the Collab.collectEmailInfo method. The heuristics indicate that this JavaScript is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload, as evidenced by the extraction of deobfuscated JavaScript files. The specific payload or its ultimate destination could not be determined from the provided evidence.

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
a4c2955154ea970948e8b566b095cddd270f3009916ae7c18db9bfc63aec83bc
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12367 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
9be1af991f5326dc1f1a2cfb683e145ea9986521e18aac3b97477c4a5e06dc7b
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5119 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).