Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1bf36bde0c3fd875…

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.3 KB
MD5: 3eacc9f6bf5eda90715515d1941e22ec SHA-1: fb18ba936329fa1425b89009c4075136f4558674 SHA-256: 1bf36bde0c3fd87528083fb81668831c59bf938dd67b68c937670d3c27c81e50
186 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains heavily obfuscated JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT', 'PDF_JS', and 'PDF_ANNOT_SUBJECT_CALLEE_HEX_STAGER'. The critical 'CVE_2007_5659' firing confirms the exploitation of a known vulnerability to execute this script. The script's purpose is to download and execute a second-stage payload, as evidenced by the large deobfuscated JavaScript file. The presence of multiple JavaScript artifacts suggests a complex, multi-stage attack.

Heuristics 7

  • 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: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
  • 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.
  • syncAnnotScan annotation-staging primitive low PDF_FOXIT_SYNCANNOTSCAN
    PDF JavaScript calls syncAnnotScan() — a no-op annotation-enumeration primitive used by exploit-kit JavaScript to stage payload reads from annotation /Subject fields before eval(). Not a vulnerable sink itself; rarely seen in legitimate PDFs. (matched in decompressed stream)
  • 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
11b03694c4e705ab29873cc5e2c55342ee498b376ac2dc5f05ce17018ef44c38
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19D 264 bytes
annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js
40a0a1947adcd237aea116747c8c60f43f93ad3a84e9d50e7e4e82833d26c5b4
deobfuscated-js annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14A 5155 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
deobfuscated.js
1d4bf88fc10014161df44d3d98b86696fd1636ab0100bc71e1f926b8e81647f9
deobfuscated-js PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass 64113 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).