Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 40e7c8dac1786bbd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.0 KB
MD5: 997a5cd724f21660813ec5d589174547 SHA-1: 7b96d66ae8e46ead0e971975f58433bd44b9d5e3 SHA-256: 40e7c8dac1786bbdf88e72b781a30563432d08e55e9804122524bd4300c8b11d
200 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS. The critical heuristic PDF_ANNOT_SUBJECT_MARKER_EVAL_STAGER and CVE_2007_5659 point to the use of a known exploit (CVE-2007-5659) that leverages the 'collab.collectEmailInfo' JavaScript function to evaluate obfuscated code. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files suggests the script's purpose is to download and execute further malicious content. ClamAV also detected this as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36065.

Heuristics 7

  • 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 percent-decoding eval stager critical PDF_ANNOT_SUBJECT_MARKER_EVAL_STAGER
    OpenAction JavaScript forces annotation enumeration, reads an annotation /Subject payload with getAnnots(), rewrites marker bytes into percent escapes, decodes it with unescape(), and dispatches it through eval. This is a high-confidence exploit-kit staging pattern. It is intentionally not mapped to CVE-2009-1492 unless getAnnots() itself carries the crafted integer or long argument shape for that vulnerability.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36065 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36065
  • 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.
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser exited 1. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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
9c67560e8c63b720885d3efc1627b844b86a6ec08e99e5b65a22eae832045756
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19C 431 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
f55d9747b3bc7d2c460c9bdccd9617ff8f8d6d49c267aeef3dbc79de1b82b1da
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 12202 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
9f129b4aa9a0e7714dcf3a93f37d20debb6afe5ca81cb38b6c1a9d4e048d0da5
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 5066 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).