Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bb13ce8992b7a6c1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.7 KB
MD5: 60dbc2af14663f6a79e05c9d264d5d42 SHA-1: 07a90af5cbc6bc105b27373851b1e8efcb63f721 SHA-256: bb13ce8992b7a6c1767bda0098660ca15e21187e318d8f37bfb51d0cf1c4730b
198 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link or Unsafe File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, triggered by the 'Collab.collectEmailInfo' function and exploiting CVE-2007-5659. This JavaScript is obfuscated and likely acts as a stager to download and execute further malicious content, as indicated by the extracted deobfuscated JavaScript files. The primary attack vector appears to be exploiting a known PDF vulnerability to achieve arbitrary 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)
  • Annotation subject percent-decoding eval stager critical PDF_ANNOT_SUBJECT_MARKER_EVAL_STAGER
    OpenAction JavaScript forces annotation enumeration, reads an annotation /Subject payload with getAnnots(), rewrites marker bytes into percent escapes, decodes it with unescape(), and dispatches it through eval. This is a high-confidence exploit-kit staging pattern. It is intentionally not mapped to CVE-2009-1492 unless getAnnots() itself carries the crafted integer or long argument shape for that vulnerability.
  • ClamAV: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
  • 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0007_000.js
6f60a1053baafdc578f85eae84a2dc6d16775fbd66240d82cbfb7b4f4ff4e90a
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19D 295 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
eaf59c71dd2e1c6397279093b7afe4a1749dbde021056d9f4b71c984de346732
deobfuscated-js z-percent hex-pair decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2E9 4937 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
e4b68750e023b1290339f4dd04830eb42dac307f77b8edd2a38bf4ffad50ab8c
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2E9 11961 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).