Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9a343ab682efb802…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.4 KB
MD5: d6c86a2e376856a055aabe42b5172a3d SHA-1: 5ee83225f15eb1d4a91a7396541a90b9be7e7cc8 SHA-256: 9a343ab682efb802f6023b9b88da4ee7e2a4d8c77bf8ca60870fa281c7c6b6f9
178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF exploits CVE-2007-5659 using a JavaScript stager embedded within an annotation subject. This stager is designed to decode and execute further malicious JavaScript. The presence of ClamAV detection (Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36179) and the critical heuristic firing for CVE-2007-5659 confirm the exploit attempt. The deobfuscated JavaScript, annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js, is the primary artifact of this exploit.

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-36179 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36179
  • 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
e89d7054d228dd0d7d4de9a02d1607a443ba297f326673115b5825c1b6cb184a
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A6 823 bytes
annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js
628e68ff115be9ed827091d13a5fd0f41cca35fca1f4a684ef3dfaaab4ef5b9a
deobfuscated-js annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14F 5284 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).