Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2271a9b7145036a7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

39.3 KB
MD5: a9f56b8494b501870acaf60dc3f6dd70 SHA-1: 1b65ab7d23e5f5c8af4b6dfe660fa836ed4bb6b7 SHA-256: 2271a9b7145036a713f2250c418ffab7d50323a4c46aa03df09facddb304df22
218 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and U3D content, indicating an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities. Specifically, the 'CVE_2007_5659' heuristic fired, pointing to the use of 'collab.collectEmailInfo' to decode and execute a hex-encoded JavaScript stager. This stager, recovered as 'annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js', is designed to download and execute further malicious content. The presence of U3D content also suggests a potential exploit vector.

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.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36181 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36181
  • 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0007_000.js
a246c68d5544a5fc390ae92571a910dee0516c54ba546b2460fd1ca6ec360799
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1AD 604 bytes
annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js
b2f41bba0184b163a914d1f949e5ec091a7534d80b8f0b8a96f9b28df3d7d1ed
deobfuscated-js annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x156 5410 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
u3d_00_off0000310c.bin
0de4003a900e42a2dfc771b68a31232346c9f4f3771c57dc8bb04f4762da15d6
pdf-3d-stream PDF U3D 3D stream at offset 0x310C 27387 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.99, consistent with packed or encrypted content.