Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b761f457ca38106e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.7 KB
MD5: 2c9cb34332e67dfef8744dfada2b9d92 SHA-1: 70b10fd88a67cd432bfc6db0b8e05c4d567585ef SHA-256: b761f457ca38106ecc4709137b588ef75945cea9b241f3e1761966b0565ed13b
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.001 PowerShell T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that exploits CVE-2007-5659, specifically targeting the Collab.collectEmailInfo function. The heuristic firings and extracted JavaScript files indicate that the sample is designed to execute malicious code, likely downloading and running a second-stage payload. The ClamAV detection further confirms 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-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
20eba9c1eb4de245ab485388e3eb1244ed7c584348a8a0c8bbf0df229b61b743
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12359 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
3da7a77d2e25cd9891d2ec0264cd41ee963b1dadf65fa875d3c2d965661afcfc
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5063 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).