Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d3e7a99fdd30d51c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.8 KB
MD5: 4dcbbc54de6dc941b2291bb79e61f810 SHA-1: f163e740dc8c0fa41290f2a615fc8593ca716e15 SHA-256: d3e7a99fdd30d51c8ae6dae2bf1ddafd5816ffbd3d2da318b1ada4e6cc5924a7
146 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link

The file is a PDF document that contains embedded JavaScript, identified by multiple heuristics including PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS. A critical heuristic, CVE_2007_5659, specifically indicates the use of the Collab.collectEmailInfo method to exploit a known vulnerability. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload, as suggested by the ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36079' and the presence of multiple JavaScript files. The attack pattern is consistent with exploiting a PDF reader vulnerability to initiate a malicious download chain.

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
055de34a8c679ebfa06240b58c02db59f9cb7fb6ebe2ce34aaec5b4b1f7f18d4
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x36F 12244 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
ad3c4e8241d865a230a5c76fcdcd9a87666b725ec380fdbbfd062e9c49b8ee5a
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x36F 5009 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).