Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 db1869df57ec5fef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.1 KB
MD5: af037486922230f499193e53bd012a16 SHA-1: ba9828345906f3f0001312ebd3ac82bf82aa9816 SHA-256: db1869df57ec5fefa274fe1acfed63ee954c9121a25823dd33c7b03072780f2c
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains obfuscated JavaScript that exploits CVE-2007-5659, specifically targeting the Collab.collectEmailInfo function. The heuristics indicate that this JavaScript is designed to download and execute further stages, as evidenced by the extracted deobfuscated JavaScript files. The presence of multiple JavaScript streams and the critical heuristic firings strongly suggest a malicious intent to compromise the user's system.

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: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
  • 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
6f60a1053baafdc578f85eae84a2dc6d16775fbd66240d82cbfb7b4f4ff4e90a
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19D 295 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
275c44a8aef09ef34ae6dcd445ae2b1c981b04ff51776ce24643095b3dc96285
deobfuscated-js z-percent hex-pair decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2E9 5123 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
058acff7a43c6709bc72840afaf3f84cee1f642bacb20dfc0fbd515e63f63fd9
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2E9 12303 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).