Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cbf94279f7d50e52…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.0 KB
MD5: cf52418ebe0d6533e8693e4f9b29311a SHA-1: 0f4e10cc2fcf8505b9d0dfe9414bce518eb7d8f5 SHA-256: cbf94279f7d50e520e818a19bade317691057b4afa4aff26d7f9934f49f145ae
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that exploits CVE-2007-5659 using the Collab.collectEmailInfo method. This JavaScript is designed to be executed upon opening the PDF, likely to download and execute a secondary payload. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files and ClamAV detection further supports 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-36065 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36065
  • 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
9c67560e8c63b720885d3efc1627b844b86a6ec08e99e5b65a22eae832045756
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19C 431 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
fcccd93c56b885824c717ae861358b1cc11c338a6c4a4ac413747caab48a2a7e
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 12155 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
cba73aab1c07058204ff0a2b3828e3c5621171d2c7990a3598744ed6314d5f36
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 5064 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).