Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4755ea2d769d4310…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.9 KB
MD5: d3ec3a1e562abff75ffa18c8e1b22438 SHA-1: 5f4f15ce3ccb613c23d03163775cdb6a4bbc48cf SHA-256: 4755ea2d769d4310711c0772d0c7840dc57cd973bc8d3e1926838a1e2c12cd68
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 recovered deobfuscated JavaScript streams, indicating the script's purpose is to download and execute further stages. The presence of 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' and 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js' suggests a multi-stage attack chain typical of exploit kits.

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
22306ced0fe406459285f841e057f7ad1c16a5f4918d6a0adc4cdb8fbc8fbb59
deobfuscated-js z-percent hex-pair decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2E8 5034 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
e2e2ccf9d1829ce3a3bec3bdb3dc642b201f64889bf838f7d31f643e8113ef20
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2E8 11942 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).