Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f5a26dd255b6d97c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.3 KB
MD5: 070b69290043c13ce09adc76159a1dd6 SHA-1: cce8b535d8996591012a58deb49ca1c4dba68e4c SHA-256: f5a26dd255b6d97cad223a0ae5e1fb9a5eba2a312fe09f760d8d399fc72cbc45
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript that exploits the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability. The JavaScript is obfuscated and appears to be designed to download and execute additional malicious content, as indicated by the extraction of multiple JavaScript files. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature.

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-36062 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062
  • 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
068944f8c011a88ab770b45c6de142b9305a1f515d410204d5eadd9ac2b5bfb3
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19B 373 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
6f8eb8e302b414ecf290246cd5c9f97b8d024d13c724710f8d6df5b6c7716d61
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12014 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
85120031c1d12bd3b39d1b127e0dec301a18a0f9f0222f346c83692234672aff
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 4878 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).