Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa3d14ae6b987153…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.6 KB
MD5: e1fe4f5cd35d9fab852839a99d63455a SHA-1: 3183fa906187bc2d6870c50a37539bda5402c529 SHA-256: fa3d14ae6b987153f7bd5a302173966cb9ec8520f1cdf78d40708e537bc03d85
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, identified as malicious by ClamAV (Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062). Heuristics indicate the exploitation of CVE-2007-5659 via the Collab.collectEmailInfo function, which is used to launch JavaScript. This JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload, a common technique for initial access.

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
160671638959d000abf5baf420dc25cb0950fc6cd66a214966664e490bfa87ef
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12288 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
00a8fd23571fa5af285e58f9ebb2fdb473c92fc3436727335711cc88163175dd
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5057 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).