Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 daa1468bd01d2c38…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.7 KB
MD5: 1327243fb77817e5570226ca7ca5e56c SHA-1: f15782ae7da8ebd1fc5e48d867921020f87514ad SHA-256: daa1468bd01d2c3897eea7e7934db18d5e5fe3cb950c1808d5823750d6bcd2b2
118 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified by multiple heuristics including PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS. A critical heuristic, CVE_2007_5659, indicates the use of the Collab.collectEmailInfo method to exploit a vulnerability. This method is used to decode and execute a hex-encoded JavaScript stager. The stager, recovered as annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js, is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload.

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
e53cd3b2abe44a0ffe069bd2e56f48e1b1e8932489ba93331de44d133ee7058e
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19C 582 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js
c1c764246a6c0285a8b86768face9fa9bc9b37075f711d07fdab526f88719313
deobfuscated-js annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14A 5091 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).