Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bca922a0c4e7f1fd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.8 KB
MD5: 80bc79ef381cdafa05eb2ad6ab9a9165 SHA-1: d3cd4e1948e972b2761de0adb690a242546112cb SHA-256: bca922a0c4e7f1fd885c4c4788e630202b964020b38d2f7c257ebd6a02c5fd8c
118 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified as a stager exploiting CVE-2007-5659 via the Collab.collectEmailInfo method. The JavaScript is heavily obfuscated but appears to be designed to download and execute a second-stage payload. The presence of this exploit and obfuscated script strongly suggests a malicious intent, likely for further malware delivery.

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
83c89bafa116d9c91eff0b9ebda502f5bf0baa04c36fa774c6ebc2756ba3479f
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A6 585 bytes
annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js
fbe32cad17b36f178a5ba02a7b63619f2a83a7d5f119c49054914c47b9db2917
deobfuscated-js annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14F 5230 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).