Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c7f69dc86dfd2bf0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.3 KB
MD5: d875d7ac460d5b6152850173acf5e26b SHA-1: b4b22792846da5394d4d7c50f0cf875ee610b924 SHA-256: c7f69dc86dfd2bf0e59a567e3b098fb035b1d8543ffa37089368b98c2533e04e
186 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains heavily obfuscated JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT', 'PDF_JS', and 'PDF_ANNOT_SUBJECT_CALLEE_HEX_STAGER'. The critical 'CVE_2007_5659' firing points to the exploitation of a known PDF vulnerability to execute this script. The script's purpose is to act as a stager, likely downloading and executing a second-stage payload. The presence of multiple deobfuscated JavaScript files further supports this analysis.

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)
  • ClamAV: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
  • 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 0x19D 264 bytes
annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js
9cc978d871d7ddaa5446dfe6001115ab311679ad5c1fccafbfb28d953f0ef063
deobfuscated-js annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14A 4921 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
652ed5259fa16a4301c278d8df309e700fa3de1f7e88f470b4785f52e0b8e032
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2CC 11902 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).
deobfuscated.js
86817b673ff68083edb0e30b23f30ea596bf22864d49b8741cd87cfd5109d32f
deobfuscated-js PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass 71135 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).