Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a7abfe04b52ac141…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.9 KB
MD5: 2e712b0318651ed993f0013c0a71a26b SHA-1: 8553764225f8418a9e4eb6b6a861b2203d548e52 SHA-256: a7abfe04b52ac141dba8792f941e21e63fd5b89a71aff26b41fa3f18753e8a73
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and triggers the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability, indicating an exploit attempt. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files suggests the execution of malicious code. The ClamAV detection further supports its malicious nature. The exact payload or ultimate goal is not fully discernible from the provided information, but the exploit and script execution are clear.

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
980798e55f0d679fab982a76da52001437140e3d0cf09cc12d08f0e0fa7a6c90
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12601 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
1e98aa89de80e831507501d9054b1cd1e9f17fb85c60e8c08c26b1ec225a4278
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5175 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).