Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e92da67262db43d0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.6 KB
MD5: be1dbfe8e51a6b0b11e1799fa29ae7c3 SHA-1: 539c820a57dd0a0a791dd92d9f3e6f2862adb78d SHA-256: e92da67262db43d0db1114473e49c13db778869500881908a463c5961d8d882f
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability through the `Collab.collectEmailInfo` method. This JavaScript is further obfuscated and split into multiple streams, indicating an attempt to conceal its malicious actions. The extracted JavaScript files, `legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` and `legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js`, likely work together to download and execute a secondary payload, a common technique for initial access.

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-36062 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062
  • 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
068944f8c011a88ab770b45c6de142b9305a1f515d410204d5eadd9ac2b5bfb3
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19B 373 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
ffc0494dd867383aba8bf67b6f52ef961a9e941a87b736294f61b4ac596888bc
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12300 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
ccbbfd730dadaa3d1fdeef79cb142bb04b1c2bc954f756bd66006f03494618d0
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5047 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).