Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fb1fcf86d7977ecf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.7 KB
MD5: 9da8da155363e4455c2c59b518559fa2 SHA-1: eb67c323bdef1179f1e0ff3ab91bf8497e90100b SHA-256: fb1fcf86d7977ecfa77002e89366a2cad640293e058769d583cec250e80e8c96
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, flagged by multiple heuristics including a critical alert for CVE-2007-5659. This exploit targets the Collab.collectEmailInfo function to execute JavaScript. The extracted JavaScript files, legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js and legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js, suggest a multi-stage download and execution process, typical of PDF-based malware delivery. The file is identified by ClamAV as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36065.

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
3085da0becb322cc0fa2b5fbdac0d3eff0bcb0ece41d0f6839a90e9521541575
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 12122 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
c6c559cac897d628d519f85dbf4151ce3bc9d63d060b363ba2b822a3bc781812
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 4988 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).