Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 88a18d47d55f4f6e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.5 KB
MD5: eecacfda2425c4bb6947d993b632f3a7 SHA-1: 51efa6d5e842b5c537f6504f549cc07050b48a99 SHA-256: 88a18d47d55f4f6e8ca5e82a7eb2e29e31860fd1136330c518527acffc77f3a4
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. The heuristics indicate that this JavaScript is responsible for decoding and executing further stages, likely involving the extraction and execution of additional malicious scripts. The presence of 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' and 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js' further supports the multi-stage nature of this attack, suggesting a downloader or exploit kit.

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
e52764eab3755939a16ed3d42f7e735793dc44cc953a8881132868a4406100d9
deobfuscated-js z-percent hex-pair decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2E8 4842 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
1164e10b8245c3b774b58a55e3a82061a4a5789ed3af635ecf4c68cb765697eb
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2E8 11693 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).