Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bb875745f5248f87…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.2 KB
MD5: 9712198d5c51c75e4c7a6419c205d758 SHA-1: b4ed6aa460906f189153763a7a9898fd7e18f81e SHA-256: bb875745f5248f8727cc3dc013c8346895c916584aefa5d33b4840849fa09fde
146 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that exploits the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability. The JavaScript is obfuscated and uses String.fromCharCode to decode malicious content. This technique is commonly used to download and execute further stages of malware. The ClamAV detection further supports the malicious nature of the file.

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-36079 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36079
  • 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.
  • String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE
    String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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
ef8bdac794684ae9cd4eb7091d80e1c5ca478c06c639d72d01626c1f7ce78b6d
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19C 578 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
9dbb624397e71a4c0b26cb64ad4afd740f36c0281537c120ced0da6c674246a8
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x36F 11492 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
bc55bb4e1c1bbe594227a452ef21ed013ee42f86ae95fc3127dd297cc97253a1
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x36F 4725 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).