Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f2817ca2e98257bf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.1 KB
MD5: 3ddde307a1505bc420e1d5bd3ee17f5a SHA-1: 14c5bee3114840e300f40dda0020d7e6da56c1ed SHA-256: f2817ca2e98257bf1d6e9d972015ebc6245c28ec15e354ab89ebd98dd12f8b88
146 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that exploits CVE-2007-5659, specifically targeting the Collab.collectEmailInfo function. Static analysis indicates this JavaScript is responsible for decoding and executing a second-stage payload, as evidenced by the extracted 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' and 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js' files. The primary attack vector appears to be leveraging a known PDF vulnerability to initiate a malicious script execution chain.

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
6cf5f28004e023120945a7d1a807efc7b3dd068f14d307f44cd61cb0080facfe
deobfuscated-js z-percent hex-pair decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2E8 5181 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
3d321e87369bd657d53de547e59ee54067199dc3516d22bbc04a6ae09e6d1a7a
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2E8 12273 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).