Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b7bcc7b7e5d09594…

MALICIOUS

PDF

37.0 KB
MD5: 3370ae42d2bedf7b7e262112157aa62d SHA-1: 07a3282fb2d832b5d9dd91541c9a09e78c22a7bd SHA-256: b7bcc7b7e5d095948c5b58459a1d3e2d89d843724dc162fa3680ad52bcc31f95
226 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and U3D content, triggering critical heuristics related to CVE-2007-5659 and ClamAV detection (Pdf.Exploit.Agent-14056). The embedded JavaScript, particularly the 'annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js' and 'deobfuscated.js' artifacts, is heavily obfuscated but indicates an attempt to download and execute a second-stage payload. The presence of U3D content further suggests an exploit attempt targeting Adobe Reader's 3D parsing capabilities.

Heuristics 8

  • 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)
  • U3D/3D content in PDF — Adobe Reader 3D parser CVE-family indicator high CVE related PDF_U3D_CVE_RELATED
    PDF contains U3D (Universal 3D) or 3D annotation content — CVE-2011-2462 and CVE-2009-3953 are critical vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader's U3D processing that allow arbitrary code execution. U3D content in PDFs is extremely rare in normal documents.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-14056 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-14056
  • 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.
  • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0007_000.js
11b03694c4e705ab29873cc5e2c55342ee498b376ac2dc5f05ce17018ef44c38
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A4 264 bytes
annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js
77aa45dbbea335edb796332e203195f9d33e6d48b575f40de116c708d99ffe9a
deobfuscated-js annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x151 5459 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
deobfuscated.js
84c987d660a61d2703792a9ebb7eefa8d056f2b5438296a9c21792a9247be216
deobfuscated-js PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass 263222 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
u3d_00_off000027da.bin
cffa1d7a24d7b9b42a43d7048cdc78d60069fa1b4ff10ec2aa0d89c3ba9ba702
pdf-3d-stream PDF U3D 3D stream at offset 0x27DA 27384 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.99, consistent with packed or encrypted content.