Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c0cc00f38ea51725…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.6 KB
MD5: dc3131819eb7913f7108040736501c4e SHA-1: 2c6963699a47963d19a21b944d8542446354cfc0 SHA-256: c0cc00f38ea517253617121126f2425ca3dc2b40454cf097943d0ad2ea7cb30f
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File T1071.001 Web Protocols

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability (Collab.collectEmailInfo). This script is designed to download and execute further stages, as indicated by the extracted JavaScript files 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' and 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js'. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7217536-0' further confirms its malicious nature as a dropper.

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.Dropper.Agent-7217536-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7217536-0
  • 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
1847af0a099665b6ac45af66402e56ed64237a1b287618ee3d6643267fda6f35
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19D 343 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
989649e5f3cec288c592630e33a18d3e5083271b20630ab516eb60a2171b1028
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F0 12278 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
f7b9ffc1c2907b3b065cfc2c1bb5a9046702dd72bb494398a725406954a1b043
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F0 5091 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).