Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c604461fc4bc7bd5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.6 KB
MD5: 0ce34350caf497b0e16d1ef44792647b SHA-1: c4c0cdbc47deb89d6f4dd9903e6cbefbe1e0026d SHA-256: c604461fc4bc7bd574865577ea1a94547a4bbae1c29cf598d8fc0b594619b619
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that exploits the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability. The heuristics indicate that this JavaScript is used to collect email information and likely download further malicious content, as evidenced by the extracted JavaScript files. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature. The exact payload and delivery mechanism are not fully discernible from the provided artifacts, hence the 'unknown family' classification.

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
9bdf8e30123785463d2d74aa45cff6f47dd43921026dccefea4fa1298f627d1f
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12374 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
4ee617ade1bf7025493fed0d6ebcfb5731ba02d6e69bd67bdeb0586c34060c40
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5111 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).