Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d5e8960553e8f03f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.1 KB
MD5: 1cca28c52c551fdbef838e43692753d9 SHA-1: aed9238d8069f25227f4df04304f9a8d9ec1a319 SHA-256: d5e8960553e8f03f3e5346769a533c47ce34dce55c71c55f04eecf7e79382011
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.001 Malicious Link/URL

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, identified by multiple heuristics including CVE-2007-5659 which specifically targets the 'Collab.collectEmailInfo' JavaScript function. This function is known to be used in exploits that download and execute additional malicious content. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' and 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js' further indicates the execution of malicious scripts. The primary attack pattern involves exploiting a PDF vulnerability to run these scripts, likely for payload delivery.

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-36065 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36065
  • 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
9c67560e8c63b720885d3efc1627b844b86a6ec08e99e5b65a22eae832045756
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19C 431 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
99c98b4295f27c10a91eb0c3b2c8ca9608449688587b2a0236f8143ab8c7cf42
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 12349 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
dd7cea15ee507407968eed0dee6bfe17cc649308d529940bc0222f216780f1fe
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 5144 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).