Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f26919bc2ba28be4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.1 KB
MD5: 26773eddfb0ce3f4f03931247e85b7b8 SHA-1: 4798a05492ef421b8b6dbd07760c0e74b04386f6 SHA-256: f26919bc2ba28be417488e256fa6a3a23609f8cb7015397675f2b651fd9af76d
146 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common delivery mechanism for exploits. The critical heuristic 'CVE_2007_5659' indicates the use of a known vulnerability (Collab.collectEmailInfo) to execute this script. The script is heavily obfuscated but appears designed to download and execute a second-stage payload. The presence of multiple extracted JavaScript files further supports this. The exact nature of the payload is not discernible from the provided evidence.

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-36079 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36079
  • 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.
  • String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE
    String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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
ef8bdac794684ae9cd4eb7091d80e1c5ca478c06c639d72d01626c1f7ce78b6d
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19C 578 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
8b50d92261a34dacb70f42c02ae37b7b89f1e78046d3683c58e4c860f2bfbf7f
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x36F 12681 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
518b40794b8cfa8c02e9ebc61ef3505fc48adde954f866a26485930c2e510472
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x36F 5185 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).