Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3b743d5da28e1387…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.8 KB
MD5: cdc14c8ab9e87e47575991e105130390 SHA-1: c6ef5e2b2f6c89145b63f776bdc3fdf9b77e4dcf SHA-256: 3b743d5da28e138734c20a40873ebc198ab0c5335e09c3082581a02650418bcf
146 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability, specifically targeting the Collab.collectEmailInfo function. Static analysis indicates that this JavaScript is responsible for downloading and executing further stages of the attack, as evidenced by the extracted JavaScript files legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js and legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js. The presence of multiple JavaScript streams and the specific exploit trigger strongly suggest a malicious intent to compromise the user's system.

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-35903 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35903
  • 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.
  • syncAnnotScan annotation-staging primitive low PDF_FOXIT_SYNCANNOTSCAN
    PDF JavaScript calls syncAnnotScan() — a no-op annotation-enumeration primitive used by exploit-kit JavaScript to stage payload reads from annotation /Subject fields before eval(). Not a vulnerable sink itself; rarely seen in legitimate PDFs. (matched in decompressed stream)
  • 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
860eae5f96eb426380281c575a089242b50523bbb4bbb8dd765e582cd9c07d2e
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19D 294 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
a8f6dbc74bd457533845c22e5db9312cde5a8329a49ee128607b45c9d3349a67
deobfuscated-js z-percent hex-pair decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2E8 4940 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
75a39cf7f0089dc965f34c19139568ad6b8d939b1e21b8071d60db45ef05d71a
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2E8 11896 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).