Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c069377abeb8cac0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.6 KB
MD5: 53ad7cb334466eef8681603937b2f12d SHA-1: 30bfc2bb87659702345bf1746d6be31848b7760c SHA-256: c069377abeb8cac0593ded1b717718286bbfd5dab55ae95440fa2e282ab45cdd
146 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS'. The critical 'CVE_2007_5659' firing specifically points to the exploitation of a known vulnerability (Collab.collectEmailInfo) to execute JavaScript. This script is likely designed to download and execute a second-stage payload, as suggested by the presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files and the ClamAV detection signature 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36079'. The document body is unreadable, but the technical indicators strongly suggest a malicious exploit delivery mechanism.

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
6f64dccaa37b3464b065da9a577831a7ef8322afea2b1444421df918e36646c0
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x36F 12210 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
b6236324772e4c911d62f4855054ba41c336ef024dcc866df05c542af0a9f1de
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x36F 4966 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).