Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d09787214e073292…

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.2 KB
MD5: 7ba0614b5bc8998ae603a00eb9be045e SHA-1: 2fb0a3d692f582ee0a933a93e558f0c285a47e7a SHA-256: d09787214e0732926e68d6dc2417c106e1de567659199a71d19a5950dd89c261
178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript T1204.001 Malicious Link T1059.003 Windows Command Shell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability (Collab.collectEmailInfo). This vulnerability is known to be used for arbitrary code execution within Adobe Reader. The extracted JavaScript streams, particularly 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js', indicate obfuscation and likely payload delivery. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35905' further confirms the malicious nature of the file.

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
d75285f356f1aed55db275c3310366ed6b8425b1c797a60048165ab9ff8d73b6
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE 11769 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
76e17679cdc29470c63b30a16dc52dc09cf743549da99cdddf32ae7f5962c80b
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE 4893 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).