Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d83a4d8b0bfc500d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.1 KB
MD5: 860c8b2f6c6e4a60df2f9872d494f1ff SHA-1: e637eb50c9fec73ffaf381dc705a93950a694898 SHA-256: d83a4d8b0bfc500d4f0df411a1a21f0828c9df2b76d7cf007e5600153b96d9a8
178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link or Document: User Execution: Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious Link or Document: User Execution: Malicious Document

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that is heavily obfuscated and utilizes the unescape() function, indicating an attempt to hide malicious code. The critical heuristic firing for CVE-2007-5659, specifically related to Collab.collectEmailInfo, strongly suggests exploitation of this known PDF vulnerability. The ClamAV detection further confirms the malicious nature of the file. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload.

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-35905 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35905
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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
d8a6b4ad1abf04d0c4a4f89535cfb57f7312edef25c443f4e844c8ec9d0929dd
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19B 352 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
848b7a15f3f00c8b2ae9b4e3a2a994565bb78e824ffd6c685f5df9cd0cc2d8bb
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE 11605 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
60eb06d746cb3e009aece4c8c790563b43975b18ad2faf25953c27192d06e6d4
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE 4850 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).