Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e92ba0cf3686fd12…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.6 KB
MD5: 0cd83d2357f8132ea0b3402073fc339d SHA-1: 19e2c68013d42f44b868d349a803ad14f4f3bd24 SHA-256: e92ba0cf3686fd1280bfda5e118db77e2c43f9780f5aca2d20148799082cef04
178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.001 Malicious Link/Object T1059.007 JavaScript/JScript

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 (Collab.collectEmailInfo) to execute a JavaScript stager. This stager is further described as a hex decoder that evaluates a payload. The ClamAV detection confirms the malicious nature of the file. The primary attack vector is the exploitation of a PDF reader vulnerability to download and execute a secondary payload.

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-36165 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36165
  • 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
3f254d15363cfc46f758dc79a2cb1074c4072b68aa3f4c80a9bf6696d85176e0
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A6 1045 bytes
annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js
1e3965f88361495e55e87a6b45a0a44eb2d4309cfd0424675a006c9bd8bf8c4c
deobfuscated-js annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14F 4843 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).