Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e2a5f8bdcc3914b0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.1 KB
MD5: 06e17be8b12e71e123251595278a5438 SHA-1: 34c419b4941c17a288fe18f914b96b961c033da1 SHA-256: e2a5f8bdcc3914b0a351142550f3cda38c5e39572d2fa1276779ba250740b942
118 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link T1071.001 Web Protocols T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that is obfuscated and designed to be executed. The critical heuristic CVE_2007_5659 indicates the exploitation of a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader to achieve code execution. The deobfuscated JavaScript is recovered as 'annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js', which likely serves as a stager to download and execute a further payload. The attack pattern is consistent with a malicious PDF dropper.

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
5ced8e070f80a83465ccf7b7a0ac2522c4a42c1f1d131dc23b4a665ec4acb836
deobfuscated-js annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14F 4999 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).