PDF malware analysis — malicious · 2697f8d80b9a0e31

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.9 KB

MD5: cdf28ea07c6594d37b3fa9676e8848e4 SHA-1: 0a20013b00462dc04d9301c960f2d01271f78516 SHA-256: 2697f8d80b9a0e319b811791111e6081013341bcc9b3017e0f8d23df533277b5

186 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.002 Malicious Link/URL

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, triggered by the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability (Collab.collectEmailInfo). The embedded JavaScript, particularly in the deobfuscated.js artifact, is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload. The presence of multiple deobfuscated JavaScript files indicates a complex, multi-stage infection process.

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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0007_000.js` `eb39e2de4dbbc100de6d3e30aa43ff78fa075618862ba1ebba5151ea3a3b848d`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19D	273 bytes
`annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js` `93ee3aa1d66e0e31b3a1105f2ce4f87d672f26d5a06d556efd3c27145b3c0a4b`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14A	5043 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` `8187ebe3bf4f964a6e52a7eb3c1125d1a866d42fff334bbc87ef9cbfdb89996a`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2D6	11939 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` `6555108edb7ca4b6561440c113797297013669533e7e887ab8629d78b396b4d0`	deobfuscated-js	PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass	72037 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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