Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cfcb32cd142702c5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.7 KB
MD5: b30bff31a68a61b3ab96134b863b85d6 SHA-1: f8c028cf16bf7941bf5eab0efeaa833c5aa6e442 SHA-256: cfcb32cd142702c5bcaf563ca6a041855f9ea8afece592ab39770fda0307e46b
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS'. A critical heuristic, 'CVE_2007_5659', specifically identifies the use of 'collab.collectEmailInfo' for JavaScript execution, a known exploit technique. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files ('legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js', 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js') suggests the script's purpose is to download and execute further malicious content. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36065' further confirms 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
75abb63ab97ccd82270dec97935dc1898ffc7e5212210a58a577b06507da6066
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 12068 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
c0fd567ff469dd77b9909a056cabdaad3c53e029c2b52eb978de0550075d73e9
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 4977 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).