Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fe6d441ca16b9725…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.4 KB
MD5: d5f375c4d03c1c172d12d9c1c5a33fff SHA-1: 9be1f17397d066b3a7d9d0049981d7796789ae11 SHA-256: fe6d441ca16b9725d38fbb3bdc79c1daca334957c6b6a2d75ca5cac11b61bfd1
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious File T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution: Malicious Attachment T1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that exploits CVE-2007-5659 using the Collab.collectEmailInfo method. The heuristic firings indicate that this JavaScript is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload, as evidenced by the extraction of deobfuscated JavaScript files. The file is detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062.

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
13e603b46c06b5e08d39101cb896795f06575c289293c15884aec6e535b9ed85
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12127 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
c719d02ce86c64a9301b7a5ba99e7cb422316553705229b90f371bdcf4e81acd
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5013 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).