Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a70574f4b72c8ad0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.8 KB
MD5: dd47dd38918ec2179a1b6bce22452a85 SHA-1: 755dc3ed4e44f3febbf2ae67eec77478c1aa3a6e SHA-256: a70574f4b72c8ad0dc3e31af3d1e1458df5b2c227ccef0b900fdfe92b18f2935
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability, specifically targeting the Collab.collectEmailInfo function. This exploit is designed to execute arbitrary JavaScript, as indicated by the critical heuristic firings and the presence of deobfuscated JavaScript streams. The primary function of this script is to download and execute a secondary payload, as suggested by the extracted filenames 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' and 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js'.

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
5c36d8519a0cb8353af605bb9df408b3c709c4a31945b21182fa8146dba0b764
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12495 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
40152b3f56d1c073646af5d3f1435df8f165129b97723460d1b0f32fc8df6e5c
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5130 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).