Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cd0e89cd27bdd1f6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.4 KB
MD5: e1963d30b0384a00a10fb4529db1dc44 SHA-1: e7dba6315dd58bbd076675e35ec9b21176ff2dda SHA-256: cd0e89cd27bdd1f6579659e2cb6d02f7bd290118c959121b2b1c442153c0b9ad
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, flagged by multiple heuristics including a critical alert for CVE-2007-5659 related to the Collab.collectEmailInfo function. This indicates the file is designed to exploit a known vulnerability in PDF readers. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files suggests an attempt to download and execute further malicious content. The 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-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
62f90dfd001d5fa9f12fef49ea17bc6d3a5fb9c37daf96074a3d28afd8a4d6f3
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12159 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
8f4b082c9847b6fdb6254c50d28b7f66e3a6bb04939712e1d11762e419bb1d07
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5024 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).