Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 babb6e376c944623…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.4 KB
MD5: f5e6da6455b127a4a06d266a22aedcce SHA-1: 4cc6efbc313e73c9c1b68116ac17968de3a8d05f SHA-256: babb6e376c9446234e1c78a89c15ab9d434234fbba7056952dc151a2eb67eac4
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability through the `collab.collectEmailInfo` function. This exploit is designed to execute arbitrary JavaScript, which in turn is likely used to download and execute further malicious content. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files suggests a multi-stage attack.

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
ec872add1f3f9afb7a5bd19bb5456b9aa448fb852872fe51d75523fb7be2a182
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12192 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
25974bf37f1543f9dab2194163bec9e1b0e3d4ba4e0228c18d85236dd091c862
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5014 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).