Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b59a60a23972e2e2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.3 KB
MD5: 26fcb5e2dd219aaf07bdcc0d10573c02 SHA-1: 5eaa7f8e689869db37d50e20eba8d4e731530448 SHA-256: b59a60a23972e2e23f3eeeebcbbe98692189c5ebac7b5799af7dac843306befd
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability (Collab.collectEmailInfo). The heuristics indicate that this JavaScript is used to execute further stages, likely downloading and running additional malicious content. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files further supports this analysis.

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
f5e2958a066ec98a489f9c6fc13d7b6615edf1bcef8e4da1e4bc3470d6538e17
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 11919 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
22117440002bc245723d26caf603f6de2d4837d59be9f6506e68c3f06d4ffda7
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 4930 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).