Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3ec10f9cb40fd56d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.5 KB
MD5: 7acdc40a25b178c46c23f55db16fa253 SHA-1: aa2ea30d173a1e685bf7a443f031661eb52dc34f SHA-256: 3ec10f9cb40fd56ddcbb469833b3262097443e76a754f94ce2d906808f4a8cc9
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains embedded JavaScript, specifically leveraging the Collab.collectEmailInfo method to exploit CVE-2007-5659. This JavaScript is heavily obfuscated and appears to be a stager designed to download and execute further malicious content. The presence of multiple JavaScript streams and the critical CVE_2007_5659 heuristic strongly indicate 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)
  • 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.
  • 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
dc37160715dd481d0bf49e7af5079aad16ed0e66896c1ae05ca27000b3e4454e
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19B 259 bytes
annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js
88c72e8b4579eacf23391884c886c95c5db0edb6c80ade933075e4e15a033968
deobfuscated-js annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14A 5123 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
deobfuscated.js
32c53634357f16b355c40afb8c70aab5261a26885e07e93af42a4702ef08a4da
deobfuscated-js PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass 43243 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).