Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ccf052b2d26bbc95…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.9 KB
MD5: ae959257a6523f2e028cb48d1cc89ee1 SHA-1: 2b8918c2996b066de88a13f1622daf738503fc05 SHA-256: ccf052b2d26bbc95404bba8daada3adc3c02b20a16eb3373eca23e501d1e8c85
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and triggers a critical heuristic for CVE-2007-5659, indicating an exploit attempt. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files suggests the execution of malicious code. This code likely downloads and executes a second-stage payload, as indicated by the nature of PDF exploits and the extracted artifact names. The ClamAV detection further supports the malicious classification.

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
7325874af225b79ded7f4c33e5a54afed644707f145104555b1a75e61bc3c0cb
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 12140 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
3dab401fe9b7b7d411860bd1f7eb39064d4762eed6bf3e6517cf7e2e11b20877
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 5040 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).