Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e68ab8466deb76e1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.7 KB
MD5: ddd616306684060ec5dae4cda713efc4 SHA-1: 2f725439f38dd87910134b7fdfcec7b74c3115a1 SHA-256: e68ab8466deb76e10cb297dd518037eef3903999769d1058a626a1bfbed2bf3a
146 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The critical CVE_2007_5659 heuristic indicates the use of a known exploit targeting Adobe Reader's Collab.collectEmailInfo function. The extracted JavaScript files, legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js and legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js, are likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload. The ClamAV detection further confirms the malicious nature of the file.

Heuristics 6

  • 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: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35903 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35903
  • 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0007_000.js
860eae5f96eb426380281c575a089242b50523bbb4bbb8dd765e582cd9c07d2e
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19D 294 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
9efdc10b8ca1575898dfed439a204c7cb4faaeadc257fb62b703e0c4b6b8a64d
deobfuscated-js z-percent hex-pair decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2E8 4899 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
26f54f01a24016ee19c3475440aae4b2cb3c78f3ff66913a3e8ec68b827c08a5
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2E8 11809 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).