Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c6b21d3685817608…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.3 KB
MD5: 0fdca0d84adb797d23ea9f5d82155f73 SHA-1: a025b237e7acc564b45ad02a59a37e311441f3f2 SHA-256: c6b21d3685817608e8bcb8145334355755b6bdf28e6670cb81a00e192cbcb3f6
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that utilizes eval() and unescape() functions, indicating obfuscation. The critical CVE-2007-5659 heuristic firing confirms the exploitation of a known vulnerability (Collab.collectEmailInfo) within Adobe Reader. This script is designed to download and execute a secondary payload, as evidenced by the deobfuscated JavaScript stream.

Heuristics 7

  • 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)
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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.
  • String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE
    String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj111611_000.js
e7d1232c16a6e584ebcad6ed89ed39659361935894de0b1df6aee2e4fe16ce04
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111611 at offset 0x84A 478 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
8866d2ede2fbb5e4ed8792a1765ed865e1f9baea90d8235e6cb321a4fba36a80
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x189 2634 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).