Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c527170086306338…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.9 KB
MD5: e0a2b68db462d2cb79e2403cc92f52c0 SHA-1: 3b49ed5b2bd36eb83ed06bb9d2e62145cf588302 SHA-256: c527170086306338bdfaa2b1c63b5d7f63132daa902c288dc40aa67b0abda740
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability (Collab.collectEmailInfo). The JavaScript is obfuscated and appears to be designed to download and execute a secondary payload, as indicated by the extracted JS files and ClamAV detection as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062. The primary attack vector is user interaction with the malicious PDF, leading to exploit execution.

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-36062 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062
  • 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
068944f8c011a88ab770b45c6de142b9305a1f515d410204d5eadd9ac2b5bfb3
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19B 373 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
29bf77a7a1ebfec1b7168f10a04564849c4c85a0e2aa7feeb1633850a0731f93
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12579 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
a2c4176cfe1bdfa8042a9d8a67e3e01569321c3b2156b71a185138cf24dd80f5
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5230 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).