Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ebf921e8f03ebb38…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.1 KB
MD5: 918ddf3a322d148fdf1dbd499089dd87 SHA-1: 909899791e0499e41eede2f6cc8e3c6beec10cfb SHA-256: ebf921e8f03ebb3828b22382bbf2835a7aca7c89fe9a450cb1110498fe2569e0
186 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/Scripting T1204.002 Malicious Link/URL: Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified as a stager for CVE-2007-5659. This stager is designed to decode and execute malicious JavaScript, likely to download and run a second-stage payload. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36088' further confirms its malicious nature.

Heuristics 7

  • 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-36088 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36088
  • 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.
  • String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE
    String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules. (matched inside decoded 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0007_000.js
9fd87306e37a04c361ea1b68a1cf4474b7a018e2270929a8c382cd129d8fc406
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19C 566 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js
0637b97921208e114ee0857072835e6882cc3b4ca075f7b0640c569db524758b
deobfuscated-js annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14A 4730 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).