Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9f1b5fc36538f3f0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.8 KB
MD5: aa86640eceb46893a12afaa6727bc286 SHA-1: fada0eab67e221a1d2a8ada714e5f9a691cdd3ee SHA-256: 9f1b5fc36538f3f0e779030f2ae2eebc8f230b4fb9dd8697f7cf831fe1bf4932
146 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, specifically leveraging the 'Collab.collectEmailInfo' method which is associated with CVE-2007-5659. This exploit is designed to execute arbitrary JavaScript within the context of the PDF reader. The presence of multiple obfuscated JavaScript streams further indicates malicious intent, likely to download and execute a secondary payload or perform other harmful actions. The ClamAV detection confirms its malicious nature.

Heuristics 6

  • 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-36079 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36079
  • 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.
  • String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE
    String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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
ef8bdac794684ae9cd4eb7091d80e1c5ca478c06c639d72d01626c1f7ce78b6d
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19C 578 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
8d54c445695ac5b92107aac64aa0efdfd8b89b9f244f244b053173e8c94f4d4e
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x36F 12295 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
7bf3760bb6ce63a710e1bc4db64f02088522cf90857290c8f6bd66cce575af6c
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x36F 5104 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).