Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f7dab3099e2a83a7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.3 KB
MD5: c0c424dd27f1403421589770c1b3c1f7 SHA-1: c14205d2fd9920a67694d6fae67b8cebf6adc267 SHA-256: f7dab3099e2a83a730a3155c1a2e543d3be36ab89a0f6638c0ad739274fa9505
178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is used to exploit CVE-2007-5659. The JavaScript is heavily obfuscated but appears to decode and execute further code. This technique is commonly used to download and execute additional malicious payloads. The ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35905' further supports the malicious nature of the file.

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-35905 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35905
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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
d8a6b4ad1abf04d0c4a4f89535cfb57f7312edef25c443f4e844c8ec9d0929dd
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19B 352 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
4eb0dea7a7d0ce614cc72d5509bae2bd4362242725c92bf989ee237ad6a53eeb
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE 11951 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
b9c68c393ed4a800891c795170dadc3c93f26e5f058e646a548ff35abbfc9552
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE 4973 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).