Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b327a409f4315ad0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.4 KB
MD5: e0a91e008818f46b91da25eca970d7a7 SHA-1: caa2e44e9f0054764c2f1e24f63e960ae29dc1d3 SHA-256: b327a409f4315ad0d8de9fb7fd9dcb5f56b854d97c081408463b20abdd2efafe
178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is heavily obfuscated and utilizes the unescape function. Critical heuristics indicate exploitation of CVE-2007-5659 via the Collab.collectEmailInfo method, a known vulnerability for arbitrary JavaScript execution in older Adobe Reader versions. The embedded JavaScript is likely designed to download and execute a second-stage payload, as suggested by the ClamAV detection signature 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35905'.

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
dad6ae87d245cadc3757fd8da8f85e8ddb2cc88d18afd3fcdb1122467d59b5c4
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE 11984 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
e6b0bed8f3037276d3812988492793db2799ff81821cea329e19a9aca6f56f84
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE 5028 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).