Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a2b7f704202bf105…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.6 KB
MD5: abd49e61edc3de8d0645912199c3340b SHA-1: c00666a6c3aac11e583f11d6c5e948850302b305 SHA-256: a2b7f704202bf105143880b03a0666f63b9548d089cf643a77142049b08d57f7
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that exploits the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability, specifically targeting the Collab.collectEmailInfo function. The critical heuristics indicate that this JavaScript is used to execute further stages, likely downloading and running additional malicious code. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files further supports this analysis.

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
9e98c25375e7fde2de3198df0aa898482f621d8edd80efdcf87d96833c1f1491
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12361 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
2ed0585dd6349c7a3f8322c50b9cb002f26915477dc04c7e433d0fd4997193f1
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5051 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).