Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dd7180f2a38b7034…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.6 KB
MD5: 27493ac31b32215eed9dd27932798761 SHA-1: 43b0623a7803d228c1ae7075c53d6276cbac8c5f SHA-256: dd7180f2a38b7034d9757a63942c733d03833a032ce1ade94ddca015168c513a
118 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains embedded JavaScript, identified as a stager for CVE-2007-5659. This JavaScript is heavily obfuscated but appears to be designed to download and execute a second-stage payload. The technique involves using the 'collab.collectEmailInfo' method to trigger the execution of the decoded hex stager. The high confidence is due to the clear exploitation of a known CVE and the presence of a significant JavaScript 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
83c89bafa116d9c91eff0b9ebda502f5bf0baa04c36fa774c6ebc2756ba3479f
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A6 585 bytes
annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js
c0ace149e30c7e5a308ec24dceec66e1f1b37cfc59dd91f50d2dd3e6dec6c4a5
deobfuscated-js annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14F 5016 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).