Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b03213ba52e5a210…

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.7 KB
MD5: 94f28a2d4d5c015077a2f1b9e82bacbd SHA-1: 9b26aad8230cd3c1a5ebc0e387a82edb50811f3a SHA-256: b03213ba52e5a210f93df16aa7daf15f3bc14cb2d124504e4dcb9c4328146f33
178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability (Collab.collectEmailInfo). This exploit is designed to decode and execute obfuscated JavaScript, which is a common technique for downloading and running further malicious content. The presence of multiple deobfuscated JavaScript files and the ClamAV detection strongly indicate a malicious intent, likely for payload delivery.

Heuristics 6

  • 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-35905 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35905
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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
d8a6b4ad1abf04d0c4a4f89535cfb57f7312edef25c443f4e844c8ec9d0929dd
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19B 352 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
44fc5e91879858a98d74f7b1570c33fe94692cffddb9697b001a3f8c3616e228
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE 12556 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
46693e02bff069e113e6069c8e7599f7eed2cb42819e166a8eb9e8f36e5a409c
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE 5233 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).