Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c2afa66ad33d13a9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.5 KB
MD5: 706dbd3ab912111263659d965b337940 SHA-1: 4cd9706953837204cb680521c8c747b3182a64f1 SHA-256: c2afa66ad33d13a9bad7b3fff558f06e5354718a006b9b0d11527abff752eebc
146 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, specifically leveraging the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability through the Collab.collectEmailInfo method. This technique is commonly used to download and execute further malicious content. The presence of multiple deobfuscated JavaScript files and a ClamAV detection further supports its malicious nature. The document body was unreadable, so the rationale is based on the exploit and script content.

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
25d1b1dfaaf75f55c70f7178c2ac4894545ebdc38f95c2b45ef077c2501291c4
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x36F 11897 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
fbc74245b4ef9cbcab38ca7de2aa5b335ce2488ba3491f4a4c70c526b0998ce2
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x36F 4908 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).