Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b5bfe2f12a01a80e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.1 KB
MD5: e63751e1dcfc3813fe5cc1fca6ddc427 SHA-1: 74977c186d13d560fc96836533a8a35cab856685 SHA-256: b5bfe2f12a01a80e31d04d969af9d688b53339b5ea40ca791edc9a72c9540a92
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and triggers a critical heuristic for CVE-2007-5659, indicating an exploit attempt. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files suggests the execution of malicious code. This code likely downloads and executes a second-stage payload, as indicated by the file type and exploit heuristics. The ClamAV detection further supports its malicious nature.

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-36065 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36065
  • 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
9c67560e8c63b720885d3efc1627b844b86a6ec08e99e5b65a22eae832045756
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19C 431 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
9fd500c97cff0592febdd3538ffd5bd40db6f0af23ff1cdfe50bff54c4799f5d
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 12492 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
fa176a9733c402a8b30c488300b4eed14237f848dd2c8d109ad367b5c20e1d20
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 5169 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).