Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b6c7b26821b366f0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.6 KB
MD5: 17146b339921e846ccba5acf6c94d212 SHA-1: bbc568405e81e36fe0d90cb9e43bce5fb6d46315 SHA-256: b6c7b26821b366f0e9a3ef7982fc621fcec87b690f8a6b44e328a78c6fb534e1
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS'. The critical 'CVE_2007_5659' heuristic specifically points to the use of 'Collab.collectEmailInfo' for JavaScript execution, a known exploit technique. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062' further confirms its malicious nature. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files ('legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js', 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js') suggests the script's purpose is to download and execute a second-stage payload.

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
e4fe2679bc6c89a46ae0d04e98cc7bb2968f48e73dbf61f44d9a516335b042b1
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12435 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
2c705c74553026d09d8b64885024749343b18ac9b22aa82d3041eccde60c853a
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5157 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).