Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f05f25854100282e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.2 KB
MD5: b642ea357e024a814701c0ac7a7ae6f2 SHA-1: 783f23b42087000789d898944577b1787fe33ff3 SHA-256: f05f25854100282e71997fe62e8673706023fc6dab8542ca54c6ca9f65fde9c4
186 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link or Macro: User Execution: Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious Link or Macro: User Execution: Malicious Macro

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that is obfuscated and uses a hex decoder. The critical heuristic CVE_2007_5659 indicates exploitation of this vulnerability via the Collab.collectEmailInfo method. The JavaScript is designed to decode and execute a second-stage payload. The ClamAV detection further confirms the malicious nature of the file.

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-36063 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36063
  • 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.
  • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0007_000.js
eb39e2de4dbbc100de6d3e30aa43ff78fa075618862ba1ebba5151ea3a3b848d
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19D 273 bytes
annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js
c1f431ba9d055155e1562dd889ed327ed8f5c842775e070e111a2bc88ed6b5ae
deobfuscated-js annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14A 5248 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
98e257294a55e36e956a3d868476fde7104639ddcda92a91fb3818031a6cba18
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2D6 12309 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).
deobfuscated.js
65a5782ea9490daea68946d3fe56cb6bf5c66ec130e3cac27a96f5573c1e3568
deobfuscated-js PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass 72044 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).