Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d0b2d1e81c79f16f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.7 KB
MD5: cee6efd689021cfa732c3451b75f64e4 SHA-1: dc2aa941555426d362934c9bd40d198a3fd45588 SHA-256: d0b2d1e81c79f16f9edcb8f018a45f73368911910c7b32e0445d4a0b40e608b3
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that exploits the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability using the Collab.collectEmailInfo method. This JavaScript is further obfuscated and split into multiple streams, indicating an attempt to hide its malicious functionality. The primary goal appears to be the execution of this script, which likely leads to the download and execution of additional malware.

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
0db11aac5363d2398698d97ae523389633ac01cf961783e126dbd279030447e2
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12332 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
a5d28aaa8d4b7f45acd19497918ad3caf0e9299f8ec1ff0e71bd3c955c6cd133
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5123 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).