Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 91186810597ed64b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.3 KB
MD5: e42f35f077c3e59edba7d7967edfc216 SHA-1: bd892182a9ee76afac41cd39e5300b81610bc515 SHA-256: 91186810597ed64b1e1fe7c7632241663a769a09f320010ef5e9b9a74414dc53
186 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, triggered by the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability (Collab.collectEmailInfo). The heuristics indicate a complex stager that decodes and evaluates JavaScript. This JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, as suggested by the 'Agent' component in the ClamAV detection name. The presence of multiple deobfuscated JavaScript files further supports this.

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)
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36063 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36063
  • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0007_000.js
eb39e2de4dbbc100de6d3e30aa43ff78fa075618862ba1ebba5151ea3a3b848d
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19D 273 bytes
annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js
a5814b93fc6b87cd74720ab616a40646b7feb149e83ab3a0483993d43272a301
deobfuscated-js annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14A 5265 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
0c31740924dd6017d026185f3bd91331537333b6e5c485a86f8fa00de25cca35
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2D6 12512 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).
deobfuscated.js
78de908f20b237c74b9cfca26dabd765f378cac2d0262bd74ba0edd7ed86b33b
deobfuscated-js PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass 74718 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).