Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d7bb206cab449109…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.5 KB
MD5: fc24cdaf634489adf930bd6c19c1e647 SHA-1: 00bf82ca8ec477d85c9c3cc525b20eae96bce146 SHA-256: d7bb206cab449109a267a88fec86433adb9c82de48315f28502c275b7e4b6967
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, identified by multiple heuristics including PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS. The critical CVE-2007-5659 heuristic indicates the use of a known exploit targeting the Collab.collectEmailInfo function. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files suggests the script is designed to download and execute further malicious content. ClamAV detection further 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-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
9c2f0c432f2ef60b20ea01d4dbcc9b0e7e0f0684333c09cb2e0052c598d473bf
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12315 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
68dfdd0e5812fda2fceb33cc34cfc318551bf8739571736b93e8f934cfc05195
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5084 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).