PDF malware analysis — malicious · 21eaef9a8f255aaa

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.8 KB

MD5: cc04f5aac2202a130fe5cc70adf2b083 SHA-1: a041b3cd69533727f47673f532e08d19bc58cc86 SHA-256: 21eaef9a8f255aaafa1412103be474ca735d7bf0ca76201bdaa868282044de9f

126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.001 Malicious Link/URL T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, triggered by the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability via the Collab.collectEmailInfo method. The critical heuristic indicates a hex-encoded stager within an annotation subject that decodes and evaluates JavaScript. This JavaScript is heavily obfuscated, but the process suggests the intent is to download and execute a second-stage payload. No specific family could be identified due to the generic nature of the exploit and obfuscation.

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)
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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0007_000.js` `c860bd3a1b8438b37e98a599719a1868ae540624631f091272ffef48912644f4`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19C	579 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` `d7075674e05e1570a0084cd32d180a12d4f138ae9ab53cb74df0a60c06838d37`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14A	5168 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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