Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b2107bdd236c9125…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.7 KB
MD5: 8af599bba378caa6ba98d50a9b650a1e SHA-1: e1c7724e5c46d94959e89630dfcf880ebef608e7 SHA-256: b2107bdd236c9125049dd8ea95efb4d818076fc75c295656a4ae59812d4666df
118 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.001 Malicious Link/URL

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified as a stager. This stager is obfuscated using a hex decoder keyed by callee.toString(), a technique associated with exploiting CVE-2007-5659 (Collab.collectEmailInfo). The script's primary function is to decode and execute further malicious code, likely leading to a second-stage payload download or execution. The high-confidence heuristic for CVE-2007-5659 strongly indicates this exploit vector.

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
0df291d69669aabea8d48539ff6e3447b14e49a861871000e6476334f075bd19
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A6 1011 bytes
annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js
d407000531a47475829da2d639522ca98c8c4fbd3bd09e06a204effd98705082
deobfuscated-js annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14F 5018 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).