Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 84567bbaa97328bf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.3 KB
MD5: ce78d2c69674ab57501600bdea8f0a62 SHA-1: bbe59bf479e450aa8d95a0f790a22d72c5a2bf43 SHA-256: 84567bbaa97328bf268ad53ed950ebf1cffc83cf002ef0609b16ed81637c986a
178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.002 Malicious File Execution: User Execution: Malicious File T1055.001 Process Injection: Dynamic-link Library Injection

The PDF sample contains embedded JavaScript, specifically identified as a stager for CVE-2007-5659. The deobfuscated JavaScript stream, annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js, is responsible for executing the exploit. This indicates the primary function of the PDF is to leverage this vulnerability to download and execute a subsequent stage payload.

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-36165 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36165
  • 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
3f254d15363cfc46f758dc79a2cb1074c4072b68aa3f4c80a9bf6696d85176e0
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A6 1045 bytes
annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js
06e2b19ac9196f347a1502677e622417205cf90421581ccc6df37ad541dd5fe5
deobfuscated-js annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14F 5364 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).