Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b0a4ee0f296f3b63…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.7 KB
MD5: 4b451e068326e96f21b5591b0d073410 SHA-1: 34689195ee2ca46ae53dd465bd9d01494f1ceebd SHA-256: b0a4ee0f296f3b6309fe314b93cdf696ad4d39b8b29d56c7b2c3d61228147161
146 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is triggered by the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability (Collab.collectEmailInfo). The JavaScript is heavily obfuscated, but the presence of multiple extracted JS files and the critical heuristic firings indicate it's designed to execute malicious code. The likely intent is to download and execute a second-stage payload, consistent with exploit 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-36079 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36079
  • 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.
  • String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE
    String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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
ef8bdac794684ae9cd4eb7091d80e1c5ca478c06c639d72d01626c1f7ce78b6d
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19C 578 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
985d263acff6c80c739f69e7ba89aca6058151b3b0e893ac48888101eed0fec2
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x36F 12193 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
be1c3c13ebaaea1380e79c839b7c5f1955569cc024568ac45e2a9c4b076501b9
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x36F 4985 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).