Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b7ad42215f908bdf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.6 KB
MD5: b7aa278b95898481f13b640500c07e94 SHA-1: a2c642c8b718229fce30bb73ceefcade859b450b SHA-256: b7ad42215f908bdf7025147a7399267f35a6cf949d623ce12b86b5ae6d08300f
178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is flagged as malicious by ClamAV (Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35905). Critical heuristics indicate the exploitation of CVE-2007-5659 via the Collab.collectEmailInfo method, which involves JavaScript execution. The deobfuscated JavaScript streams suggest the script is designed to download and execute further malicious content. The presence of multiple JavaScript files and the specific exploit technique point towards a downloader or dropper.

Heuristics 6

  • 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-35905 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35905
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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
d8a6b4ad1abf04d0c4a4f89535cfb57f7312edef25c443f4e844c8ec9d0929dd
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19B 352 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
d2f7c0de9cd80039077efacf2eeb07d00c5c3bd707d4facf72a5951818afe600
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE 12273 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
614bf68942c58941eee319e0517427f272cc6abd09a8f3962a542c89cc34f14a
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE 5227 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).