Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9e0096cb474a8069…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.9 KB
MD5: 008ee0484affe7c96a751dc1ec8b294f SHA-1: fe2655a6bc5df7590d8d304becb0ac742d32bce9 SHA-256: 9e0096cb474a8069a546086b3ee918757e1d5d2e04f34425c3ee60fa28af067e
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 indicates that this JavaScript is responsible for downloading and executing further stages of the attack. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files, legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js and legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js, further supports this conclusion. The ClamAV detection of Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35903 confirms the malicious nature of the file.

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
b2ef2a93a6b631f9c160f488126f3a39626ea1c2014c60a1cd9f71dd9a98a2fc
deobfuscated-js z-percent hex-pair decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2E8 5045 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
46e5cccd31a2ce50a0dc997eda321b451a305c7640e9e298b0317b5da0ab077b
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2E8 12029 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).