Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 db40a63cc1b5ea0f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.4 KB
MD5: 5772974a39e04047f38712af45aa2f46 SHA-1: e65e9fd9b66c6fe971795afc6d5bca4cec5e61c6 SHA-256: db40a63cc1b5ea0f43f6235a1b3d4948bbcaf971e543ff8b2e10296ff92a52f2
178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common delivery mechanism for exploits. The critical heuristic 'CVE_2007_5659' indicates the use of a known vulnerability (Collab.collectEmailInfo) to execute JavaScript. The embedded JavaScript streams, particularly the deobfuscated versions, likely contain code to download and execute a secondary payload, as suggested by the 'EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE' heuristic. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature.

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
6aca214fb07d25e05a937b1eee01bbd0a4400dec5f98bdc91052da3f4781d69d
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE 11967 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
be832235b36040a6fe8683eab0031eb67a1c9829aed8247b7eb0433ae78d64b0
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE 5078 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).