Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3af85a3980253085…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.0 KB
MD5: d79262a19c35c07901a5c4206b446298 SHA-1: 96d3e915a8460d8b395611deb10ee5e04816a0c9 SHA-256: 3af85a398025308542b04d76fc9bcb3bf035b0ecafeb61c9fbdf6302e2bd10d9
178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.001 Malicious Link/Object T1071.001 Web Protocols

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified by the 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS' heuristics. The 'CVE_2007_5659' heuristic specifically indicates the exploitation of a known vulnerability (Collab.collectEmailInfo) to execute a hex-decoded JavaScript stager. This stager, recovered as 'annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js', is responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload, a common technique for initial access.

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
d6f52b8c9cadb6049ca91ddd3986238e9e44989e836fbb7d67edd66ff5c0b7eb
deobfuscated-js annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14F 5132 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).