Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f79c8f5b7c7b6109…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.9 KB
MD5: d02fa89b0dcbd6ccc9be201eadb2d02e SHA-1: 2936cfeaf4dd00340bbc0b78077c7734a15e1684 SHA-256: f79c8f5b7c7b610984451a5c45871b69790493163c34787c0b8202f729509f9d
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, triggered by the 'collab.collectEmailInfo' method, which is associated with CVE-2007-5659. This exploit is designed to execute arbitrary JavaScript. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files ('legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js', 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js') indicates a multi-stage attack, typical of PDF-based malware delivery. The primary function appears to be the execution of a malicious script, likely for downloading further malicious content.

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
50bc5af1a241ea0621323828e8ef0818b3af21839646f083ed0d3c9e1d3c2f7e
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 12186 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
3c294fc0219e4ebab06734764cbc9d1257c1638864b6cf67029e53f7196ab635
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 5015 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).