Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3663ee66e63757c8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.2 KB
MD5: e83ea1696e2cc2abd043c2bb6605b731 SHA-1: b6e2501fdb537065d4821987235757262b919995 SHA-256: 3663ee66e63757c876e10e09ce10c5fb9212559f04a183d11922c00b660d3c6b
120 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 via the Collab.collectEmailInfo method. This JavaScript is heavily obfuscated and appears to act as a stager, decoding and executing a further payload. The recovered JavaScript, annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js, is 5090 bytes and contains indicators of script obfuscation, suggesting it's designed to download and execute 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
0df291d69669aabea8d48539ff6e3447b14e49a861871000e6476334f075bd19
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A6 1011 bytes
annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js
cb2ed173bea43868ff813e3108f8936c0aecb0185765264f506e9e52b326be20
deobfuscated-js annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14F 5090 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).