Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f1c3c0092dedaef8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

40.7 KB
MD5: efeb9d960c844a817ff930de5e958a51 SHA-1: 8d47b1050c5277b42e0944dde433dc12ea6a52f8 SHA-256: f1c3c0092dedaef8a98edc8487727488cd62963d39b7b76dfe3b566b86c569e8
178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and triggers a CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability related to the 'collab.collectEmailInfo' function. This indicates an attempt to exploit a known vulnerability to execute arbitrary code. The presence of obfuscated JavaScript streams and extracted JS files suggests a downloader or dropper functionality, aiming to fetch and execute further malicious payloads.

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)
  • 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: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
  • 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
bedd676af9bf2e3ca07f9e3a10d07bc561e9745801f30653ef176c0c1e7620a3
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A4 336 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
ad9d2e6ae72e3e5dbef9c1b468c3ef3373ade17c869f9545953e98661f24ba97
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F3 12639 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
2b044b4607d5ed4a9a77e3057af2b752c5959c4fe1f92c557970b47d5c3163a3
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F3 5288 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
u3d_00_off00003632.bin
db166b7bf539ceb527a321927dc7262838bbe91b146a4aa26884d46ee5696f20
pdf-3d-stream PDF U3D 3D stream at offset 0x3632 27443 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.99, consistent with packed or encrypted content.