Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ff2b0e0efd4ef71e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.5 KB
MD5: 29679e72328d48c18a587f4cb383dae9 SHA-1: 22e4ba3b5c86cd74fe7417737734df93fb587d64 SHA-256: ff2b0e0efd4ef71edb87f11cf0c937c436546feabb9553dcb93f8dedb744b0e5
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified by multiple heuristics including PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS. The critical CVE_2007_5659 heuristic indicates the use of a specific exploit targeting the Collab.collectEmailInfo method to execute JavaScript. This JavaScript is further obfuscated and split into multiple files (legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js, legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js), suggesting a multi-stage download and execution process. The primary intent appears to be the execution of a malicious payload via this exploit chain.

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
e3704eef8cd3a54bd8aff62e045d1dccc604538203b316e6bb50758fb9d5299d
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12281 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
20794e0469ead6e3315153e82ff451e66f1db988853843e86ac1ac522f3e3e04
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5031 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).