PDF malware analysis — malicious · 04b7bad730cf68f1

MALICIOUS

PDF

19.9 KB

MD5: cbe4cd39a1c0dd628178714f988abfe3 SHA-1: 12eae2d04c659938d173b4a97dbd2c322075dda1 SHA-256: 04b7bad730cf68f12653276cf236b8b25b0c9e9429bf23ffd705977476e313d8

406 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

The sample is a PDF document that contains obfuscated JavaScript. This JavaScript is designed to exploit CVE-2007-5659 in Adobe Reader, specifically targeting versions within the APSB08-13 patch range. The script decodes a payload from an annotation subject and then uses String.fromCharCode to construct a URL, which it uses to download and execute a second-stage shellcode. The embedded URL is http://rmets.biz/cgi-bin/cn.aspx?ID=1&fb=WVRveU9udHpPamc2SW5WelpYSmtZWFJoSWp0aE9qTTZlM002TWpvaWFXUWlPM002T0RvaU5EZzFPVFl3T0RVaU8zTTZNVEk2SW1Ga2RtVnlkR2x6WlY5cFpDSTdjem8xT2lJek5qWTJPU0k3Y3pvME9pSnJjSEJwSWp0ek9qTTZJams1T1NJN2ZYTTZNem9pYldRMUlqdHpPak15T2lJek9EZ3daV0pqTldJME9USTNOVE5qTlRZMk56azJPREkzTURJeE9URTJOeUk3ZlE9PQ%3D%3D/n00a106201r0409Xf1646039Y10b357baZ0100f080.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 13

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)
Adobe Reader APSB08-13 patch-range version gate (CVE-2007-5659) high CVE likely PDF_JS_ADOBE_APSB08_13_PATCH_GATE

PDF JavaScript gates the exploit payload on (>= 8 && < 8.1.1) OR (< 7.1) — the Reader 7.0.x / 8.0–8.1.1 window patched by Adobe APSB08-13 for the CVE-2007-5659 Collab.collectEmailInfo buffer overflow. Only kits that target that exact bug check both of those patch points; benign scripts do not.
PDF JavaScript exploit cluster critical PDF_JS_EXPLOIT_CLUSTER

PDF combines an executable JavaScript/action surface with exploit staging indicators such as eval/unescape/fromCharCode, XFA script content, or a related CVE pattern. Benign form JavaScript remains low-severity, but this correlated cluster is high-confidence malicious behavior.
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35901 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35901
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.
Obfuscated multi-stage PDF JavaScript dropper high PDF_JS_OBFUSCATED_DROPPER

PDF JavaScript shows 4 independent signals of exploit-kit-style multi-stage obfuscation: annot_subject_stage, hex_codec_loop, incremental_eval_build, repeated_pluginschk. This is strongly consistent with pre-2011 Adobe Reader PDF droppers — OpenAction JS reads encoded data from annotation subjects, decodes it through one or more hex / base-N loops, and invokes eval indirectly (method name built one character at a time). The actual CVE is hidden in the final decoded layer and is not visible via static analysis.
PDF JavaScript shellcode contains an embedded download URL high PDF_JS_SHELLCODE_DOWNLOAD_URL

Decoded PDF JavaScript shellcode contains a hardcoded http(s) URL stored as little-endian %uXXXX Unicode escapes. Reader exploit shellcode embeds the second-stage fetch URL this way and pulls it down with a urlmon/URLDownloadToFile-style download-and-execute (commodity downloader behaviour rather than a specific Acrobat CVE).
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)
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.
Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL

One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.

URL http://rmets.biz/cgi-bin/cn.aspx?ID=1&fb=WVRveU9udHpPamc2SW5WelpYSmtZWFJoSWp0aE9qTTZlM002TWpvaWFXUWlPM002T0RvaU5EZzFPVFl3T0RVaU8zTTZNVEk2SW1Ga2RtVnlkR2x6WlY5cFpDSTdjem8xT2lJek5qWTJPU0k3Y3pvME9pSnJjSEJwSWp0ek9qTTZJams1T1NJN2ZYTTZNem9pYldRMUlqdHpPak15T2lJek9EZ3daV0pqTldJME9USTNOVE5qTlRZMk56azJPREkzTURJeE9URTJOeUk3ZlE9PQ%3D%3D/n00a106201r0409Xf1646039Y10b357baZ0100f080

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0009_000.js` `4718a27c2224fc36bf24f8e8e04598f1ad78adce4401c7be2708318738a6983d`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 9 at offset 0x4CFF	469 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` `dfa958566facb2a166933bb742a8e4d983a8e8ec654d023fe7f4ec172e03c2b8`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x1E8F	6269 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `0bb4a184d0fa041c15b9f7a858c7b48d2a5e52cc0e5cce1c0fc9c2346c950092`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x1EE3	13947 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
`deobfuscated.js` `4d67a9ccbc6add0c5f933f862eff56ef31d918adfc84557286cf34c5234e1526`	deobfuscated-js	PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass	168228 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 6 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 3 long base64-like blob(s).

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