Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aeb57013a3905417…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.5 KB
MD5: 57120cd56154577a5639113ff8bd9d67 SHA-1: ab0d3f10f5ccf8803a609719b9edf1c419dd6583 SHA-256: aeb57013a3905417044b74aed8dd785f2a03dfe37d2523d358e82a1a1f96de6a
146 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages the 'collab.collectEmailInfo' function, a known indicator for CVE-2007-5659. The heuristics indicate that this JavaScript is responsible for downloading and executing further stages, identified as 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' and 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js'. The primary attack vector is the exploitation of a PDF reader vulnerability to initiate a multi-stage download and execution process.

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
98b80dacfe2562d80edd632c288f8d9d0e97b0cc700ad729ff793963a4c03bf2
deobfuscated-js z-percent hex-pair decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2E8 4845 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
d62d14c86340b29f918b2622e0ae81ec82d847d028399eedb20ce379da6f10e0
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2E8 11629 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).