Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b30f7582177a8f1a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.7 KB
MD5: c8c93df3d9667ee3fd588a4546646ab5 SHA-1: 61694378693aa17c9901149fbdda88b530d63759 SHA-256: b30f7582177a8f1a56606f81f0bc17d21d170f9021a112d598419d1c19f76b4f
118 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, triggered by the 'collab.collectEmailInfo' function, which is associated with CVE-2007-5659. This exploit is designed to execute a hex-decoded JavaScript stager. The stager is heavily obfuscated but its presence indicates an attempt to download and execute a secondary payload. The document body is unreadable, but the heuristics strongly suggest a malicious exploit delivery mechanism.

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
c660f4aa85ad1b679f7a127b4cd987bdc3f416e849fd57bd4b59e9d0a9394be3
deobfuscated-js annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14F 4877 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).