Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f937e5ae818fe2e8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.9 KB
MD5: 1295f747479a24ee80a740d103c830d9 SHA-1: 7db0fa2c4b85b6b8195b6bf554a3d7a00a30263d SHA-256: f937e5ae818fe2e88b81754a7f6c06251b01695ec7aa9a5a2ca0eaff1df25e0a
186 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript T1204.002 Malicious File T1071.001 Web Protocols

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, specifically identified as a stager exploiting CVE-2007-5659 (Collab.collectEmailInfo). This stager is designed to download and execute a secondary payload. The ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36063' further confirms its malicious nature. The presence of multiple JavaScript streams and a large deobfuscated script indicates a complex execution chain.

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 3

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
9b50390265e82302c49e0cf5f3e36f7d19943b9de8b9d07d29d7932b014ce720
deobfuscated-js annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14A 5181 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
deobfuscated.js
ac569925a2304adbf7f0225efb74562b5bfd2f90b9c69aea84e7e8af0fa4493f
deobfuscated-js PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass 76066 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).