Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ab2026fd33965c2d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.8 KB
MD5: 132e033ee626389a5af44a6ba3813ec6 SHA-1: 346e2c187e1a8751b402faa5e80255c3ae3a6e09 SHA-256: ab2026fd33965c2db01ccdf4e5ddc5970073f8264c34c00999fcb9a4b3b898df
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified by multiple heuristics including PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS. The critical CVE_2007_5659 heuristic indicates the exploitation of a known vulnerability using JavaScript embedded within the PDF's metadata. This JavaScript is likely responsible for the malicious behavior, potentially downloading and executing further payloads. The ClamAV detection further supports the malicious nature of the file.

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
8a28706aa3bccc4e29711de50ecd1033f7f97c100fc45609da4f672cc83c3b6e
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 12043 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
562b901bf659742c7ed679b2fd03100589d88328a4d34a5c8224c1785ec60a1e
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 4931 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).