Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cafcf09326d28cc0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.3 KB
MD5: 63636594119c2de03aa6850657caa0c9 SHA-1: f465747fb9cee0d0ce5e67b2091c3480a82e9977 SHA-256: cafcf09326d28cc013620a1d8bc611f2d2471793392ed6b6a54389148bf2679e
178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that is obfuscated and utilizes the unescape() function, indicating malicious intent. The critical heuristic firing for CVE-2007-5659 (Collab.collectEmailInfo) strongly suggests exploitation of this known vulnerability. The embedded JavaScript is likely designed to download and execute a second-stage payload, as indicated by the ClamAV detection signature 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35905'.

Heuristics 6

  • 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-35905 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35905
  • 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.
  • 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
d8a6b4ad1abf04d0c4a4f89535cfb57f7312edef25c443f4e844c8ec9d0929dd
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19B 352 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
0ba16e0e33d640ef143f483d0954f227096d7db96114d1b068a979c6f1ce10e7
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE 11949 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
4c8eda2d65109a65abbea9e268ecef52971e249a2117e0ab45e2e022a6290323
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE 5030 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).