Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a92b7d6cd287839f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.2 KB
MD5: bdd00da2dafd5d735805ee153f2b5e79 SHA-1: be9da70c7113515274c3753947359ac20b62467b SHA-256: a92b7d6cd287839fb8311ac551d995bc5c428f15c6b6d008a0ad653cfb6cc291
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, identified as malicious by ClamAV and triggering critical heuristics related to CVE-2007-5659. The JavaScript, found in streams and deobfuscated files, is likely responsible for executing the exploit. The primary function appears to be downloading and executing a secondary payload, as indicated by the presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files.

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
07f3cab47c0e018f370dd1c5112810ab1859df4ec1fbfff8fb5b27dbed3b2fc8
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12158 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
232a4d307a850a8ad3ed4bcdcc93229351688927f0f03bd185ebeee4259eab23
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 4991 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).