Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ea5ac5e5d5d5bea1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.3 KB
MD5: 369f61ea118b7cc407b350e81e652142 SHA-1: 51b4f1eed679803b00c70054479e789a30100368 SHA-256: ea5ac5e5d5d5bea164e195c759444a586e8ec300775b1a58816a1d1705a4167d
208 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that is obfuscated and utilizes the unescape() function, indicating malicious intent. The critical heuristic firing for CVE-2007-5659 confirms the exploitation of a known vulnerability within PDF documents. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support the malicious nature of this file. The primary attack vector appears to be the exploitation of CVE-2007-5659 to achieve arbitrary code execution via JavaScript.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 6

  • 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-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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0007_000.js
d8a6b4ad1abf04d0c4a4f89535cfb57f7312edef25c443f4e844c8ec9d0929dd
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19B 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
980fe531b85bf2bc025cf7edde50d36310950c0f23fdf065ca618d7345592224
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE 12083 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
e52cf658fd86a500580d25db4994f7ee531cc3d3f2e307c711a0d30677997a3b
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE 5126 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).