PDF malware analysis — malicious · 2d4037918e38a334

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.2 KB

MD5: e3e65f085354c6da62e32f75c625fe4e SHA-1: abf365dc0b4beb713552c48d1e1748253eab7176 SHA-256: 2d4037918e38a3345423424b79b86b7a684102cacdf1d889d7f41a539f6a5ea3

186 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that is obfuscated and uses a hex decoder. The critical heuristic CVE_2007_5659 indicates that the sample exploits a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader via the Collab.collectEmailInfo function to execute this JavaScript. The JavaScript is designed to act as a stager, likely downloading and executing a secondary payload. The presence of multiple deobfuscated JavaScript files suggests a complex multi-stage attack. The ClamAV detection 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` `cd34ba267d5d44e8ee3dc2c90f94621c7238e5195b941703a6332a517edccf07`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14A	5260 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` `b6687c66d66e7e92fb6e8a0c750e48aa81b52ab18170194efbe1b3952ec0c799`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2D6	12405 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` `56a4a9fb15cb84b0252df26a34d9df35e2cf4d29b4e160971fdf4d312fcdae81`	deobfuscated-js	PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass	80341 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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