Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c3b3e3420877d341…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.8 KB
MD5: 1a333487c69f44dd7caff65189651159 SHA-1: 173122dfd15963e686f69764b478de3898bfcc3d SHA-256: c3b3e3420877d341bbea9f899c9b63fd0ed98b2ea451df986eb3e4b35188b2a5
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified by multiple heuristics including PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS. A critical heuristic, CVE_2007_5659, specifically points to the use of Collab.collectEmailInfo for JavaScript execution, indicating an exploit attempt. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files further supports the malicious nature of the document, suggesting it's designed to deliver a second-stage payload.

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-36065 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36065
  • 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
9c67560e8c63b720885d3efc1627b844b86a6ec08e99e5b65a22eae832045756
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19C 431 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
55d0d493e9a8e29fdc924628d723e86bca59883bd66e5b023b704de0aee8c9d2
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 12066 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
51de97f60cbb1157b75003892eda642b63d122c2cb4226a20f4d5a6f2b32c620
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 4954 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).