Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e162efc9a09cd24c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.8 KB
MD5: b30d0cba405a95799e5cc2441abfa41d SHA-1: 3a5d461593c6772f5ff14207fbdfae4f100f0590 SHA-256: e162efc9a09cd24cd9336a1c4dfa1c1d584a2c8515364210fcc4b3ca2f097e6c
218 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.001 JavaScript T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and U3D content, triggering critical heuristics related to CVE-2007-5659 and ClamAV detection (Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35905). The presence of unescaped JavaScript and a U3D reference strongly suggests an exploit attempt. The primary attack vector appears to be the exploitation of a vulnerability, likely within Adobe Reader, to execute malicious code.

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)
  • U3D/3D content in PDF — Adobe Reader 3D parser CVE-family indicator high CVE related PDF_U3D_CVE_RELATED
    PDF contains U3D (Universal 3D) or 3D annotation content — CVE-2011-2462 and CVE-2009-3953 are critical vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader's U3D processing that allow arbitrary code execution. U3D content in PDFs is extremely rare in normal documents.
  • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0007_000.js
d8a6b4ad1abf04d0c4a4f89535cfb57f7312edef25c443f4e844c8ec9d0929dd
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A2 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
5352ee0db859e10c1a7d502b508fea52d477f5f517cd08bd03f892f51d879b80
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x305 12740 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
14f4215956e442f65e9a8cf1d2fcef72c2d13edec167e52346cdc37c774b0f8d
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x305 5293 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
u3d_00_off0000272a.bin
70cf2aead4823e6d2651c9281eed0aa967449da358f439efb9e8e707421175e0
pdf-3d-stream PDF U3D 3D stream at offset 0x272A 28021 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.79, consistent with packed or encrypted content.