Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b8191254b5948493…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.8 KB
MD5: 1ef56d2a83fc078632ba1c4f8d7dbdfb SHA-1: a3a4b3a1ed5e0bb6791a80d2a27ba6001b96a3cd SHA-256: b8191254b59484930fde604148c8c6ab4bd2d64b852031e0503560d2ac26fcbd
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified by multiple heuristics including PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS. Critical heuristics indicate the exploitation of CVE-2007-5659 via the Collab.collectEmailInfo function, which is used to construct and execute JavaScript. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files (legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js and legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js) suggests a multi-stage attack, likely involving the download and execution of further malicious content. 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-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
a84d6a6dbe02ae7a4a4eba398473e77e6d46230664d516f52a9de1acff63c841
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 12085 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
ccce32e4884fa5b37031445a0b98685f33a4267deff098d89157913119cd812b
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 5028 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).