Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa3f3e5ec97bf5d0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.8 KB
MD5: d816f56679caf8087006f01971faf7d8 SHA-1: de6f05591a01e7ba74c351e31d58861561c882de SHA-256: fa3f3e5ec97bf5d025dc2fa2b4321eed14ae1e3817642c41c3051726d588b594
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that exploits CVE-2007-5659 using the Collab.collectEmailInfo method. The JavaScript is obfuscated and likely intended to download and execute a secondary payload. The presence of multiple deobfuscated JavaScript files and a critical ClamAV detection further supports 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-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
a3ec7c68493e69c171671875d059ba8f42a59479e3d8efeeb8aae95ede4c50b5
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 11981 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
82ac25cb692a5e4b13634a7179102e71de4dceac4f4d0b7a23bd9da717159bff
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 4960 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).