Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 da7487cd6b354805…

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.6 KB
MD5: 5761efe96a86f453129ad3927c5281c0 SHA-1: c8e42fb655e81a34f6a01783fc5f05aa9829c1a4 SHA-256: da7487cd6b354805fa4b6d31040260ff33eacbdcacc1b675464f932ea54ad0b0
178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.001 Malicious Link/Object T1071.001 Web Protocols

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, identified as malicious by ClamAV (Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35905). Heuristics indicate the use of JavaScript actions and streams, specifically exploiting CVE-2007-5659 via the Collab.collectEmailInfo method. The JavaScript is heavily obfuscated but appears designed to download and execute a second-stage payload. The extracted JavaScript files are large and complex, further supporting the payload delivery hypothesis.

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
5b2bd0ca1f45761a1c46ca0c7994b871110c0af9e77454f3a9ba2a40c5c8fe70
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE 12219 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
3d3b8fd4164e8bce037f6b3b2ab767a127836f5eb9fcb26c9d7cd7138eaeec24
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE 5113 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).