Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eb3c8294b4997e23…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.0 KB
MD5: 4c42e970862f5a4899acc8d4bddb473a SHA-1: 24bc0d4eb3010694894f0370d5ac6f0ae6ba43dc SHA-256: eb3c8294b4997e236b96954b34c3a0671325b3164403a01a4d3442faa72f7bb0
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that is obfuscated and designed to be executed as a stager. The critical heuristic CVE_2007_5659 specifically identifies the use of Collab.collectEmailInfo to exploit a vulnerability, leading to the execution of this JavaScript. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature. The primary function of the embedded script appears to be downloading and executing a second-stage payload, although the exact URL or payload is not directly recoverable from the provided evidence.

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-36179 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36179
  • 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.
  • Suspicious extracted artifact high 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.
  • 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.

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0007_000.js
e89d7054d228dd0d7d4de9a02d1607a443ba297f326673115b5825c1b6cb184a
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A6 823 bytes
annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js
d98bee5956f54a6fdc9aebe9ca48e0fed8892e56b0987f67372109bd545a37f3
deobfuscated-js annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14F 5123 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).