Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a1ccd499478a8c46…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.6 KB
MD5: 752efac8548911f47dc7bb73e93ecfb2 SHA-1: 74b50e5b793d64bf0b28f0c194f41a53ced98294 SHA-256: a1ccd499478a8c4647027edb855ba5c77129149722cbb0e35f92864c09d46efb
118 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. A critical heuristic, CVE_2007_5659, indicates the use of a known vulnerability (Collab.collectEmailInfo) to execute a hex-decoded JavaScript stager. This stager, recovered as annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js, is responsible for the initial payload execution. The presence of multiple JavaScript streams and the specific exploit technique strongly suggest a malicious intent to compromise the user's system.

Heuristics 5

  • 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)
  • 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
e53cd3b2abe44a0ffe069bd2e56f48e1b1e8932489ba93331de44d133ee7058e
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19C 582 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js
b0ead9e0a1334bf48b0c73e92ee3a62b6929d31ffc004b0d4fc13e1a343541d7
deobfuscated-js annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14A 5185 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).