Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b252bea37be49303…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.8 KB
MD5: 0631efcca2270bc57bf250432c424dcf SHA-1: d5cb10c67ae53c6830cd91b8067d3ed23fb291fe SHA-256: b252bea37be49303289bb9e5b190612a918b7e477375f718eef093b7048d5393
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

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, likely to download and execute a secondary payload. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files further supports this, suggesting a multi-stage attack. The ClamAV detection confirms 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-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
a3015930a03ef0b1c8090ae7c28b0c07182e57eba4b5bfcaa1bfceb83f0e052e
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12432 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
18c535101885f6c2f2d9f33bc7073d2774d6e6b73a565259312e632a7c19dd44
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5203 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).