Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eb9b57f844bbfe3e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.0 KB
MD5: 994965637b7fce3c2ba949915a8c3e48 SHA-1: e80e06ff6c08707ded0e2e095efebb80619c846d SHA-256: eb9b57f844bbfe3e450b4380662a976436a304cf5ebf8092fb193c0dec3f074a
200 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and utilizes a known exploit (CVE-2007-5659) via the 'Collab.collectEmailInfo' function. This function is used to decode and evaluate JavaScript, which is then likely used to download and execute a second-stage payload. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files ('legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' and 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js') further supports this. ClamAV also detected this as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36065'.

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)
  • Annotation subject percent-decoding eval stager critical PDF_ANNOT_SUBJECT_MARKER_EVAL_STAGER
    OpenAction JavaScript forces annotation enumeration, reads an annotation /Subject payload with getAnnots(), rewrites marker bytes into percent escapes, decodes it with unescape(), and dispatches it through eval. This is a high-confidence exploit-kit staging pattern. It is intentionally not mapped to CVE-2009-1492 unless getAnnots() itself carries the crafted integer or long argument shape for that vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser exited 1. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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
34b331e5b44b8b8f658fe5365031bfe96d6de7ee94106cda019f4bce982301e1
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 12357 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
429e22585d8445fc0d7ff2b802de09ce22f3a6e57afa2acfc9a388deb4f95a5f
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 5093 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).