Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e4f624bb3e29e82f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.9 KB
MD5: a2b526287141df3339b3d50bce1378cb SHA-1: 2fbf39f721b0f6d98cb7d3af2d6025bc0c45d737 SHA-256: e4f624bb3e29e82f20a8df9bc4dcc35a3672cb86896e2e1eaa4452dda1f94d24
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and triggers a critical heuristic for CVE-2007-5659, indicating an exploit attempt. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files suggests the execution of malicious code. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature. The primary attack vector appears to be exploiting a known PDF vulnerability to run arbitrary code, likely for downloading further malicious content.

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
d2d4149621e700da3a80a5e57ff68865b1a974ae2eac83e4319696a8fc2414f1
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 12245 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
cac0ea2193ce553e737237cbf5471c7eadc35fba28b884241c6b02ad3e50b178
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 5011 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).