Malicious PDF / .HTM — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b9242ad7e63607dc…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .HTM

12.2 KB
MD5: 866d19ede87b5d2721c5bf54f2cc38a9 SHA-1: 1fe251ad4840213a23c2bec806d7580b5f64a929 SHA-256: b9242ad7e63607dc7aa57f37095a115d2065bf78be1f2244d1519d0eec8e5e7d
146 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, identified as malicious by ClamAV and triggering critical heuristics related to CVE-2007-5659. The JavaScript is obfuscated and likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload, as indicated by the presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files. The attack pattern involves exploiting a known PDF vulnerability to achieve code execution.

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
c254257c37b074740a8d81a67de1b2053497ddb0690ec20e6f14f1aef15eacfe
deobfuscated-js z-percent hex-pair decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2E8 5174 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
bb5ca8d22562915bf0f442de0ba7fc6f7b35055a7d8535fe11c33a0791039aa3
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2E8 12371 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).