Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d14e744032874258…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.3 KB
MD5: 0d7c5b1a5a86c6f4b486a7e888e398fe SHA-1: ac73de2a212649af4cd1870662393b6b31c283b1 SHA-256: d14e7440328742586127c26f0d526ad7e366ea8a2962d5c0672e8f6d68253e00
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability, specifically targeting the Collab.collectEmailInfo function. The heuristics indicate that this JavaScript is designed to be executed, likely to download and run a second-stage payload. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files further supports this conclusion.

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
05230410fd765c1f57ff1da04c1b8d79218c20beeb4d030fb1f28b755e66f914
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12048 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
14b0a797200c4b00976e989a82b7ab0693970ab0cbf25c765b461d919c849ef0
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 4930 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).