PDF malware analysis — malicious · 2c91210d3f2036a9

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.0 KB

MD5: 231914f391b03e73c3144af38533d645 SHA-1: b65d6efd9c39803e2750e1e959d5862943cb47b7 SHA-256: 2c91210d3f2036a9e0af6c0bc65b4d2dcc4a1aa89e17ecd58e14ff418214644c

188 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution: Malicious PDF T1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, triggered by the CVE-2007-5659 exploit targeting the Collab.collectEmailInfo function. The heuristics indicate a hex-decoded JavaScript stager was recovered, suggesting the script's purpose is to download and execute a second-stage payload. The ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36063' further confirms its malicious nature.

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` `d131b6e83aef8f5be276bd64fb57006986d670cac50c52dd608964a88145da9b`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14A	5117 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` `0f809c0fd8c084ca5e1b89c1e17c9e621a2a84b7abe877674324ff6553165688`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2D6	12169 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` `8e49021e6d2d702aab74f6df73b63d2d6b47a4a9f70ce8af4ab7ebc517a8ca97`	deobfuscated-js	PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass	76297 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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