Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b2b3bfe1ab04d8dd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.3 KB
MD5: 1d78facb911e5c8169afc9d52f531630 SHA-1: e9e75a7b9a222088db7c4aef22b62c2f0f871617 SHA-256: b2b3bfe1ab04d8dd0561b25f5128057169b3ffa3249c2e8a8516b46d134fc653
178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common delivery mechanism for exploits. The critical heuristic CVE_2007_5659 indicates the use of the Collab.collectEmailInfo method to exploit a known vulnerability. The embedded JavaScript streams, particularly the deobfuscated ones, likely contain code to download and execute a secondary payload, although the exact URL or payload is not directly visible in the provided evidence. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature.

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
d25a77f37a6d619d6f0c70c131b79f842194889f459e176b40543bbe3e5f11c3
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE 12101 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
4b7986d00ac68d168087a47c6ba2530aa08fdb9363ff9ef6a2da9beaffa77d8a
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE 5035 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).