Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c811ba0d38ec8cde…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.5 KB
MD5: bf4e330a8427407512cb7d0f2079d17e SHA-1: 25dac6773bb52d84be935ce43bfea0257896d640 SHA-256: c811ba0d38ec8cde9a7d737c4cadeb38062752628cbd269c851ebdb5813a9e4c
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that exploits CVE-2007-5659, a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader. The heuristics indicate that this JavaScript is used to launch further stages, likely downloading and executing additional malicious content. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files suggests a multi-stage attack. The ClamAV detection further confirms the malicious nature of the file.

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
77dfefffb1dc8cc7fca3983430f46a188869658f342773f3571a1afe14cf8912
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12227 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
a0d7b3e8abfaf944e4e83fccac25c5c8c0feb2e20a7102cf66b7802e762c3169
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5015 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).