Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c2ef066ac579e128…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.6 KB
MD5: 8a0d12211ce5b21db8a3136004fb98ff SHA-1: b6ca9dde8d3af59fb86e5b81e28a4906a4a8f949 SHA-256: c2ef066ac579e128c10686fd8d9b31eb91446c1d8cb721744ee99a1d90007fa2
200 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified by multiple critical heuristics including PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, and PDF_ANNOT_SUBJECT_MARKER_EVAL_STAGER. The CVE-2007-5659 heuristic specifically points to the use of 'collab.collectEmailInfo' for executing JavaScript, which is a known technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities. The deobfuscated JavaScript files 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' and 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js' were extracted, indicating a multi-stage loading process. The primary intent appears to be the execution of this JavaScript to download and run a secondary payload, as suggested by the stager nature of the heuristics.

Heuristics 7

  • 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: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062
  • 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.
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser exited 1. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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
068944f8c011a88ab770b45c6de142b9305a1f515d410204d5eadd9ac2b5bfb3
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19B 373 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
68fcafdfdfd34a72c05adb97b9042956872697ee3ef84b64027a15c6ba688d9d
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12364 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
c1622c5076d30e3cda771e3f20c2ece590b4022a45e9f2a494eb7addd1a7de99
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5085 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).