PDF malware analysis — malicious · 2dc4e18c1fe77e63

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.1 KB

MD5: d5ca8719505dc8c89dd07a5a9200def9 SHA-1: a23828e602a28486a075f9424b977358fb13de63 SHA-256: 2dc4e18c1fe77e63b0d2e4ad544b0f551463fbe285d4034699d93cf0978641f7

186 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link

The PDF file exploits CVE-2007-5659 using a JavaScript stager embedded within an annotation subject. This stager is heavily obfuscated but ultimately decodes and executes further JavaScript. The primary function appears to be downloading and executing a second-stage payload, as indicated by the critical heuristic firings and the presence of multiple deobfuscated JavaScript files.

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` `36e9620526c596517a96727d773f414dc74fd3ccb0ea0682b3a2087696ad5442`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14A	5123 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` `ea1bc5980e1b66ba1b346fb0b1be3d79aaa086ebb9b1205ed2f940c9cd8979fc`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2D6	12253 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` `953c1dfc04296748c082cbd9a08c4dcb0c5223884035f6c57a9e752501c3267a`	deobfuscated-js	PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass	71005 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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