Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1f761418724d09f4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.9 KB
MD5: edaf2fd8ffdf8f70c942fcd6a796c254 SHA-1: e8b06750a4a2c89600ec9f5bac3a80d9c1c76ac4 SHA-256: 1f761418724d09f4fd36699593bc26778e0de9dd113c906a550ceb54627cdd30
186 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that is obfuscated and uses a hex decoder. The critical heuristic CVE_2007_5659 indicates the exploitation of a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader related to the `Collab.collectEmailInfo` function. The JavaScript is designed to act as a stager, decoding and executing a secondary payload. The presence of multiple deobfuscated JavaScript files suggests a complex multi-stage execution process.

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: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36063 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36063
  • 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_obj0007_000.js
eb39e2de4dbbc100de6d3e30aa43ff78fa075618862ba1ebba5151ea3a3b848d
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19D 273 bytes
annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js
1e7a92268e1095d7d355120e1467a5ba31689911a5c4f734c5a315293c848c90
deobfuscated-js annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14A 5090 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
bfca05542065d621337e52db3f2f5a0fc7cd363bba617929bb686fc221575ac5
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2D6 12045 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
deobfuscated.js
bd33b4e892607b7db0d52128496cddbf058492ea57b68c4b24f99234ca734191
deobfuscated-js PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass 73599 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).