Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 df4a5fa2bdce106f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.8 KB
MD5: 14f1b24f3c4299b4cf0e23067fba1d4a SHA-1: 7633a736e6eb99edb80b054d47013c80f8abdb92 SHA-256: df4a5fa2bdce106f964dd30cd83cd2134f810135bddba6568d8ab4a77911e0b6
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/Shell Script Execution T1204.002 Malicious File Execution: User Execution: Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, specifically triggering the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability via the 'Collab.collectEmailInfo' method. This indicates an attempt to exploit the PDF reader to execute arbitrary code. Two deobfuscated JavaScript files were extracted, suggesting a multi-stage loading process. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature.

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
aef246a745a5132d5fae711d1e31a6f945a35be3642e9b7d8e64c9bad4b7ce25
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 12138 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
c7f95e59ddc7a2d7967623fdc5a2d3a25dee34e8081462508747d39411b6a015
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 4989 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).