Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c8f33a4c6404c62d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.3 KB
MD5: e45192078f471f9fb6312bd293c93bff SHA-1: 261ce6e07f15ecf14c395c42dc90bb09bbe01dba SHA-256: c8f33a4c6404c62dc986efc0a2843e689eaa79197ed053fa8e78cf46cdc84482
118 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The critical CVE_2007_5659 heuristic indicates the exploitation of a known vulnerability to execute a JavaScript stager. This stager, found in annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js, is responsible for decoding and executing further malicious JavaScript, likely to download and run a second-stage payload. The file is classified as malicious due to this exploit chain.

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
f03029eb9b7910c43a83d583a5ff6ecac97116db9f2030aece03390c6954ce7e
deobfuscated-js annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14F 5415 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).