Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f492ac8811c44329…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.9 KB
MD5: 3193e5a4af8888b118f925055e6cf47a SHA-1: 5f2b03c1ad0221697c0e3f3a760d1ebc1296701c SHA-256: f492ac8811c443293c317e26c25eb90cc28c1d2bece0acb16b30aa04524f9bcf
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious. Specifically, the CVE-2007-5659 rule indicates the exploitation of a known vulnerability via JavaScript. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files suggests the script's purpose is to download and execute further stages. The ClamAV detection further corroborates the malicious nature of the file.

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-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.
  • 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
63a99709b968cabc122d06f56b35327b4eeb7c40cea28e3be947de5ab8527091
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 12222 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
fdb0423cb45b1f1954f378b790fb6ac29c9ee048b45f2f1800a0986c4803beaa
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 5012 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).