Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d2afd4b2c141cfee…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.6 KB
MD5: 1edefb13f783c69562456f8c5405c8ba SHA-1: 6f24fb183ff1a3a7da433d268fcb8942b36b2014 SHA-256: d2afd4b2c141cfeedd58864af5d16f8f56929bad61a702276cbdd55554b9b00d
146 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, specifically leveraging the 'Collab.collectEmailInfo' method which is associated with CVE-2007-5659. This exploit is designed to execute arbitrary JavaScript within the PDF reader. The extracted JavaScript streams, particularly 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js', indicate complex obfuscation and likely payload delivery. The primary intent appears to be the execution of a malicious script that downloads and runs a secondary payload, as suggested by the heuristic firings and the nature of the exploit.

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-36079 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36079
  • 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.
  • String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE
    String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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
ef8bdac794684ae9cd4eb7091d80e1c5ca478c06c639d72d01626c1f7ce78b6d
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19C 578 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
bfa3c4d4d4b29a6631ce019a0dfdfcdcbc2bc6f83e578cfdea051bc5927aa13e
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x36F 11979 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
df35192bd18630f04f48636ef780ce7a198dc2cd952985d6e48c2098acc43752
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x36F 4922 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).