Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b63b53559ebbdbd5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.9 KB
MD5: a6ef03a863da09332faa9246c42d1fa9 SHA-1: 09cd03514d2b135e37977f02ddf8a9ee6ccc729a SHA-256: b63b53559ebbdbd55428b3042ff6acdefb641e1e2ff5c81c3c0cdc7c87df983f
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious File

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious. Specifically, the CVE-2007-5659 exploit targeting Collab.collectEmailInfo is present, indicating an attempt to execute arbitrary code. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files suggests the execution of a secondary payload, likely a downloader.

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
5c80be6a2675106fb0f13d9c3bb1dc7f7f344761dbd34f203d6b2fdd30c91db0
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 11746 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
3ee372a59a63189a5d80f643a68f609b04f4dac3d0d6be67f767b9ab214387f2
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 4799 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).