Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c5c7f7791f442e20…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.7 KB
MD5: a8821ece40f3d5f9a25828ae496cf2bd SHA-1: 582ff0f6740dd2a79a49c6c745aab6d513e410f3 SHA-256: c5c7f7791f442e20bc4f793ba58729dd321ed558ca4a3901c45d9531124c458d
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. The critical CVE_2007_5659 heuristic indicates the use of a known exploit technique involving the 'Collab.collectEmailInfo' method to execute JavaScript. This script is likely designed to download and execute a secondary payload, as suggested by the extracted JavaScript files and the ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062'.

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
d5ed8ec488c3bac22adc560ac609d3b2477745f8eaff30933e9a103fee2057a7
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12372 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
d4b5697b0053bc0531fbfd16afebf5c65d2d8f40d5ee913579a676e894cd129b
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5080 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).