Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 de386c2f3311f72a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.5 KB
MD5: aee3d421dfeeee45bd17593774361f5a SHA-1: dcc0bef37652367bdd42e7f600c6263e92383ade SHA-256: de386c2f3311f72a9a94d970b7ba06901864e765dfaa5fd8e59d3d0253c0b9e6
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 and ClamAV detection as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36065. The critical CVE_2007_5659 heuristic indicates the use of a known vulnerability involving the 'collab.collectEmailInfo' JavaScript function to execute arbitrary code. Deobfuscated JavaScript files were extracted, suggesting a multi-stage attack. The primary intent appears to be the execution of this embedded script, which likely downloads and executes a second-stage payload.

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-36065 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36065
  • 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
9c67560e8c63b720885d3efc1627b844b86a6ec08e99e5b65a22eae832045756
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19C 431 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
9771a6cc17cf2a7e2f4a2a8adb366fa7bed1e5dea62bcf4759d4ed0fb7c5a76e
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 11741 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
3fbdd5e40dc634caeac3f515ebe9c98e9a298a0e987ee499f6fbc4886fbb73b4
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 4799 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).