Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d5f1fc8f53a8f9f1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.6 KB
MD5: a84260e72cd3b62d393655be6053926e SHA-1: b52160a90a59bb1cd8d622422a9d3837cabba180 SHA-256: d5f1fc8f53a8f9f100b6df9af9a7eb62fc735a2b9098b552d443b54fc37d9f9a
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The critical heuristic CVE_2007_5659 indicates the PDF exploits a known vulnerability using embedded JavaScript. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript streams (legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js and legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js) further supports this, suggesting the script is designed to download and execute a secondary payload. The ClamAV detection (Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36065) confirms its malicious nature.

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
f0acab139f6370fabc860ac375fa47d80d3687a11aa397217d05415d14cc00cf
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 12012 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
268770e747d3d7bcf352bc952993141e3a1ce3f932d5504fe809d7f74a4eba93
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 4987 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).