Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fcaf2cbc19bc0598…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.8 KB
MD5: 05c8fa8677073ac2edf77e30bf632704 SHA-1: 899636f060d120ade7691ca41c86bdc41bb3b027 SHA-256: fcaf2cbc19bc059843fa441257d89310b0fff44a79854c7ea5421779b5b00e77
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/Shell Scripting: JavaScript T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious JavaScript

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability (Collab.collectEmailInfo). This script is designed to download and execute a secondary payload, indicated by the presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files. The overall attack pattern suggests a drive-by download or exploit delivery mechanism.

Heuristics 4

  • 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)
  • 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
1847af0a099665b6ac45af66402e56ed64237a1b287618ee3d6643267fda6f35
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19D 343 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
09556202b03bb4510d043973af94fc8334566dbc0d64a358abf226c44c69b467
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F0 12517 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
b44c302371eba5b42ec2ec4632496cb5196a7eaa68c543b3fd91c449e3256f7e
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F0 5227 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).