PDF malware analysis — malicious · 45d755807376e13f

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.9 KB

MD5: c9dfc786f3b9c170baa1cf0d61ae33e1 SHA-1: eec93251f0f252fc40c9f5be8d4360370fe1af43 SHA-256: 45d755807376e13f865da013de4cd7e90782cea9f9498a158b9d9f33437b5423

186 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link

The PDF exploits CVE-2007-5659 using the `collab.collectEmailInfo` method to launch a JavaScript stager. This stager is heavily obfuscated but ultimately decodes and executes a larger payload. The presence of multiple deobfuscated JavaScript files suggests a multi-stage attack designed to download and execute further malicious content. The exact nature of the final payload is not clear from the static analysis, but the exploit chain is evident.

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` `eeef2622346e0431eb74400064be4ac7007585d9ebc6697b29dbdedf0292ee5c`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14A	5045 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` `2d42bfeb3392a55b76ffc5babaf05c1c4488565bc2820b828be953ddc8f7af6e`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2D6	12004 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` `d643df6a87c758eb7a6ddd8cfa41c5bed25dcf98e19fa6be2a0e81a5edd8bb51`	deobfuscated-js	PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass	68902 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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