Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e01c075742d155af…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.4 KB
MD5: 9c52db0f88eb5e7d34ee535bd208f833 SHA-1: a4764bab3529a5631e36f9f10dc9b90b9cd9fb94 SHA-256: e01c075742d155af86ac54fa08cb4c8f5398624019e1b8dcb5055bfec02d1901
218 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that utilizes eval() and unescape() functions, indicating obfuscation. The critical heuristic CVE_2007_5659 specifically points to the exploitation of a known vulnerability (Collab.collectEmailInfo) within PDF documents. The embedded JavaScript is likely designed to download and execute a secondary payload, as suggested by the presence of multiple JavaScript streams and the ClamAV detection signature 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35930'. The exact nature of the payload cannot be determined without further dynamic analysis.

Heuristics 7

  • 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-35930 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35930
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj111611_000.js
f23e505f155bfa9b9f356fa9fddf8d7fcafcc37fc2df3878e575e72c00c819d4
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111611 at offset 0x8A0 697 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
4aab24eb83d94ca666b17c8331fbedcf1e20d10dd33786206101d96517452485
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x189 3926 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 6 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).