Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 21980c70ba9458d3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.5 KB
MD5: f8a8639d647a2e7d268fd059595a9174 SHA-1: aaaca14f4c93b9ac80af9ee998457842b375754c SHA-256: 21980c70ba9458d34c49cb0ed5822f74475e89eac94b451d33e0ffeb1c4fdb13
118 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, triggered by the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability (Collab.collectEmailInfo). This JavaScript acts as a stager, decoding and executing a larger, obfuscated JavaScript payload. The primary intent appears to be the execution of arbitrary code via the embedded scripts, likely to download and run a second-stage payload.

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
2aeea82f14f7844bd46b6c679711fc6996bd5bc2901e7c5665219c5ed13de778
deobfuscated-js annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14F 5182 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).