Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 24c746d64e333e07…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.1 KB
MD5: ee81c6b44304a71d7fea3c6e818954f5 SHA-1: 17c97099f6cccf0eb2181ba315837acd04095b87 SHA-256: 24c746d64e333e07d34d8b229fc04be8667806afc1057c0e13dc49c68da2eec7
180 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.002 Malicious Link/URL

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, specifically identified as a stager for CVE-2007-5659. This JavaScript is responsible for executing malicious code, likely to download and run a secondary payload. The ClamAV detection further confirms the malicious nature of the file.

Heuristics 6

  • 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-36179 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36179
  • 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
e89d7054d228dd0d7d4de9a02d1607a443ba297f326673115b5825c1b6cb184a
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A6 823 bytes
annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js
12771bf2d3a74a139f0e3c59dd15665b48754562b08676ac1f4dfefeee1127b5
deobfuscated-js annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14F 5207 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).