PDF malware analysis — malicious · 467787eaa4035874

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.3 KB

MD5: 0fea665cc11e102f343b258598cf7abd SHA-1: e33a4f1ef8b4b4810662d2bfd59fa96a30e026d8 SHA-256: 467787eaa403587428a9532470da3ee7166c1e446d6b275a9bd28adbc7c992ff

178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, triggered by the 'collab.collectEmailInfo' method, which is known to be vulnerable (CVE-2007-5659). The heuristic firings indicate that this JavaScript acts as a stager, decoding and executing a larger payload. The deobfuscated JavaScript, named 'annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js', is responsible for this malicious execution. The primary attack vector is the exploitation of this PDF vulnerability to achieve arbitrary code execution.

Heuristics 6

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-36179 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36179
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.
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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0007_000.js` `e89d7054d228dd0d7d4de9a02d1607a443ba297f326673115b5825c1b6cb184a`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A6	823 bytes
`annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js` `31f1c1a8783ff1af8f22f1f44315c7921bc1f0926818091bba402a8cd765f32e`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14F	5306 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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