Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a53708b44c744731…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.0 KB
MD5: fbb919caf4b28556eaf7eee858801030 SHA-1: 0bcbcabc573de271c93edc115fbf3e8963bd7609 SHA-256: a53708b44c74473174718e06509992c31c40b980b5346e4be945e7a649f2884d
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability (Collab.collectEmailInfo) to execute code. The heuristics indicate that this JavaScript is used to launch further stages, likely downloading and executing additional malicious content. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files suggests a downloader or exploit kit.

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-36065 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36065
  • 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
9c67560e8c63b720885d3efc1627b844b86a6ec08e99e5b65a22eae832045756
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19C 431 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
144909961932686bc036a691ea03d38360fa27a9fb55dfe3e4bcde272f3e34a6
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 12404 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
9faffc0bb86a0255bdbead178799afcd00e359b09c8b585998e618382703bd93
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 5170 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).