Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a35fed06f3a7e4e6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

659.8 KB
MD5: afad7f146ed1d92d06f88ec483708d30 SHA-1: eab24be693cc5b3150f2ecbf94d501ff4b82bf36 SHA-256: a35fed06f3a7e4e61b8432b74514e7c62ac238988dee51ef2099b61d816d45ef
162 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, as indicated by the CVE-2007-5659 heuristic which specifically mentions JavaScript execution via the Collab.collectEmailInfo function. The presence of U3D content and the ClamAV detection further support its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, though the exact mechanism is not fully detailed in the provided heuristics.

Heuristics 4

  • 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)
  • U3D/3D content in PDF — Adobe Reader 3D parser CVE-family indicator high CVE related PDF_U3D_CVE_RELATED
    PDF contains U3D (Universal 3D) or 3D annotation content — CVE-2011-2462 and CVE-2009-3953 are critical vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader's U3D processing that allow arbitrary code execution. U3D content in PDFs is extremely rare in normal documents.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7289071-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7289071-0
  • 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 20

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
bd3f7cca0a7a96075893165df58ddfbaf5b77485e7579a5a51beb88b7915246d
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x900F1 13024 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
4f39c03cbf9838cc4f2560d387019df27f4b9a84a8d50633f3158a912b5fde13
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x900F1 5403 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
icc_00_off00016f11.icc
2b3aa1645779a9e634744faf9b01e9102b0c9b88fd6deced7934df86b949af7e
pdf-icc-profile PDF ICC profile at offset 0x16F11 3144 bytes
font_00_cff_off0000eb57.bin
38f4ddd32e736897982ced0858b49da07a104e846d0946b9789f4ef370f99eb2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (cff) at offset 0xEB57 357 bytes
font_01_cff_off0000f000.bin
2789af23995f8af33b2dae091e9b962494e0b8b0e898fada623820ee9686b3ca
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (cff) at offset 0xF000 499 bytes
font_02_cff_off0000f52d.bin
755b31802bfcbe5da85fa3b6417005821fa046390579475e59a1b7e221fd17f2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (cff) at offset 0xF52D 2550 bytes
font_03_cff_off0001027b.bin
eb7fc9a0f6b5c973d758c18668889ef5241421e8108bf894a9400ecd0930c40c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (cff) at offset 0x1027B 3369 bytes
font_04_cff_off00011224.bin
ce12ce1ce9ee146def1a9a0aa879316c8283c74b0dab40de60412666b768231d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (cff) at offset 0x11224 2951 bytes
font_05_cff_off00012059.bin
650743b0083f4117eafe6d934f210cd07b94d118b25ed99f041916d1b6f42ac7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (cff) at offset 0x12059 5979 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.40, consistent with packed or encrypted content.
font_06_cff_off000138d9.bin
91487fd16b17d83908b1ba219ae597731b7158e968667787a056b1d4df0de59a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (cff) at offset 0x138D9 1949 bytes
font_07_cff_off000144ec.bin
cf4944c56c01f4a65c36b5010c12128ca3ddbe0e6806e8b147a7b04453bfa751
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (cff) at offset 0x144EC 6612 bytes
font_08_cff_off0001610d.bin
c5675bd2f2b586cbf48ee24f95e1cf91eec1b4928c28c92220efce9ec4db3e29
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (cff) at offset 0x1610D 3996 bytes
font_09_sfnt_off00019792.bin
2722878b19761e7a433e1ca6f32e7f9fe9cccce4136877b3beb9040f23bd4b18
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19792 23432 bytes
font_10_sfnt_off0001cd69.bin
80383e85181b7288bd3f68d71356b7e2ef2e1f0ba00d93e81908469c104a18d9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1CD69 52108 bytes
font_11_sfnt_off00025451.bin
336a7a084a76c025a84d5a8cbd6080db9a267cde0e24fe672acabed56b19aa8d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x25451 48764 bytes
font_12_cff_off0009344e.bin
b7acc2e77938f52ea0e0e99ad276600cacf4c9a68f9966b0cff658984fc5fdfe
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (cff) at offset 0x9344E 1390 bytes
font_16_cff_off000982b2.bin
498107d4b463cdfaabb7ecb0de303a1fd3753cd0475826d8151726b62a86cbb1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (cff) at offset 0x982B2 2026 bytes
font_17_cff_off00098dd9.bin
6b20e84459271e0cdfae9863860320d5b0fe24a40f52c5aa56fd600bf142e820
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (cff) at offset 0x98DD9 1370 bytes
font_21_cff_off0009d604.bin
fbf22266dae0292a560fe4992b55ae8d9a60e5393b8105c8e8d7d4434902074f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (cff) at offset 0x9D604 1230 bytes
u3d_00_off00089573.bin
48816569ab4f370009a917ef6429edbe09e4dfe8a63b00a0a0f75a904c62ba94
pdf-3d-stream PDF U3D 3D stream at offset 0x89573 27449 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.99, consistent with packed or encrypted content.