Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c6a1c1100edaa88d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.5 KB
MD5: f88aef628f317b881209df13970167da SHA-1: 668b9c5c9902b5ac725c2de9595dde449151e313 SHA-256: c6a1c1100edaa88d62a29114df177aa7173c120672d8e53ee878ec07658d19cd
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified by multiple heuristics including CVE-2007-5659 which specifically targets the Collab.collectEmailInfo function for JavaScript execution. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files suggests an attempt to download and execute further malicious content. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature.

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
2b3bddb10442b1b7118eed52883be049e3284d456d5e3ee2b31f4c295b63ae2d
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12166 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
24fe056f641a9879f9e69d0fb757afe7fa1ef5a6f0ce21d5dea7c9ea87f5b55a
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5030 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).