Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1ed2536077c4747c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

45.1 KB
MD5: 27d6be1e9097fbb88bb8193ae276fe9d SHA-1: eae60d45a2c1d6ab7035ea64f87ad45df79af43a SHA-256: 1ed2536077c4747c6c923a5ebb0c630976a563697593fb56f370987a1c282434
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, triggered by the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability related to 'Collab.collectEmailInfo'. The heuristics indicate that this JavaScript is hex-decoded and evaluated, serving as a stager. The presence of U3D content also suggests an exploit attempt. The primary attack vector appears to be exploiting a known Adobe Reader vulnerability to achieve arbitrary code execution.

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)
  • U3D/3D content in PDF — Adobe Reader 3D parser CVE-family indicator high CVE related PDF_U3D_CVE_RELATED
    PDF contains U3D (Universal 3D) or 3D annotation content — CVE-2011-2462 and CVE-2009-3953 are critical vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader's U3D processing that allow arbitrary code execution. U3D content in PDFs is extremely rare in normal documents.
  • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0009_000.js
53d3fcec7ada29de64fcdfb3e133a93e481deb1e6439ecd2d86ed6330d077682
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 9 at offset 0x45DB 440 bytes
annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js
b89b6f7aedbd7c6433e4b429f24125221190057dd1a6b6d2c0c96dcdc7c78556
deobfuscated-js annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x1C7E 5732 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
deobfuscated.js
46a2ca34f4fbc09b6f6f5810ae502d5294c53768fc91e39bfd093bff82c2969e
deobfuscated-js PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass 227636 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 long base64-like blob(s).
u3d_00_off00004815.bin
fb27c6f6ffe2b08a88f79f344ef3cb4f85460ac81a062194b6fd84ab6e48b628
pdf-3d-stream PDF U3D 3D stream at offset 0x4815 28021 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.79, consistent with packed or encrypted content.