Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1bd64781095667fb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.5 KB
MD5: 01f9eccabd19bf96ed652bb31951d493 SHA-1: c289a02b8e2e1a5e65c7ca56becdcc2d1f602cc7 SHA-256: 1bd64781095667fb51101786adc39385f3e4c2ec6e14f9e4d07ef5b45d7dd3f8
118 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that is obfuscated and designed to be executed. The critical heuristic CVE_2007_5659 indicates the exploitation of a known vulnerability (Collab.collectEmailInfo) to achieve arbitrary JavaScript execution. The extracted JavaScript is a stager that decodes and executes further malicious code, likely to download and run a second-stage payload. The document body is unreadable, but the heuristics and script analysis strongly suggest an exploit delivery mechanism.

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)
  • Annotation subject callee-key hex JavaScript stager high PDF_ANNOT_SUBJECT_CALLEE_HEX_STAGER
    PDF JavaScript uses syncAnnotScan()/getAnnots() to read an indirect annotation /Subject stream, percent-decodes it through marker replacement, then uses a callee.toString()-derived key to decode and eval the final exploit stage.
  • 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0007_000.js
83c89bafa116d9c91eff0b9ebda502f5bf0baa04c36fa774c6ebc2756ba3479f
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A6 585 bytes
annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js
0b574c0302b1eebf02509c8a4a0e38d60e2673fae465c359b14fc95d9a13dca1
deobfuscated-js annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14F 4985 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).