Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d80bdab4eb71583d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.6 KB
MD5: 090c5bdeb0232a54547fbdb2f16d4621 SHA-1: ed687a54d0d2d22ab17a2ce20a7f008c6fa0fce6 SHA-256: d80bdab4eb71583d176e45a0be738775dfd631781841d65c608b65660896c064
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified by multiple heuristics including PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS. A critical heuristic, CVE_2007_5659, specifically points to the use of Collab.collectEmailInfo for JavaScript execution, a known technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files (legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js, legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js) further indicates malicious scripting. This script likely downloads and executes a second-stage payload, as suggested by the ClamAV detection of Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062.

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
b2e636909ec42c877ca3f3b48366be90df4098b79c06e2dad352e4885931b599
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12273 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
a2fa5e284c6ed4348b2f126d072e15c86d6f8dfdd9098c878b82d6adb224ffa7
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5108 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).