Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fcb37b06291a228e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.8 KB
MD5: bf7768925ee0382eac77d6cf542a92b0 SHA-1: f9fafc7d4ed3f3d785798031d51631c9212a4290 SHA-256: fcb37b06291a228e2cd6a2ca20d569212afbf7e1685c117c2dc4333c380f47cf
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.001 Malicious Link/URL

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. Specifically, the CVE_2007_5659 heuristic indicates the use of a known exploit targeting the Collab.collectEmailInfo function to execute JavaScript. This script is likely designed to download and execute a second-stage payload, as suggested by the suspicious extracted JavaScript files. The ClamAV detection further confirms 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
94c659d2cc5bac8afd533c4a2a04c368064cf5814af1734eba08454270f2e28e
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 12176 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
90121a291da4aebd6e73c40959f4f109aa25bfb3231f2539eb8e4de5018f3c1e
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 5027 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).