PDF malware analysis — malicious · 4e59e1c041ba8119

MALICIOUS

PDF

37.2 KB

MD5: b0a538bca7b6a6ef99b703a06910c833 SHA-1: 92c7f0bac844366a86ad441b5df2bbbcf9d65bf2 SHA-256: 4e59e1c041ba811996bd2ec468f640c9100c437bf4eaf2e97d6f2e9d1e3025ef

166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.001 PowerShell T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204 User Execution

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, triggered by the CVE-2007-5659 exploit targeting Adobe Reader's annotation handling. The critical heuristic 'CVE_2007_5659: Collab.collectEmailInfo' confirms the exploit mechanism. The deobfuscated JavaScript likely acts as a stager, downloading and executing a second-stage payload. The presence of U3D content also indicates a potential exploit vector.

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)
U3D/3D content in PDF — Adobe Reader 3D parser CVE-family indicator high CVE related PDF_U3D_CVE_RELATED

PDF contains U3D (Universal 3D) or 3D annotation content — CVE-2011-2462 and CVE-2009-3953 are critical vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader's U3D processing that allow arbitrary code execution. U3D content in PDFs is extremely rare in normal documents.
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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0007_000.js` `b9a85ee399db318b3ad68d0755effe289a645a7404fad2094712c8a3fd042920`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A2	244 bytes
`annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js` `962fff657119322b71a30226c1f6b5414f72fca4e0fa9201721679954e7d0799`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x151	5672 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` `947e2486fd5167b13a44a9f7605b4db8b2ecbabf84752b6a17a715af0c9b9cc9`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2D1	13255 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` `df31d3cb879a0fd4c8f11895f6861aca09979054b19ac15316ec13b6d859f3bb`	deobfuscated-js	PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass	203649 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
`u3d_00_off000028bf.bin` `70cf2aead4823e6d2651c9281eed0aa967449da358f439efb9e8e707421175e0`	pdf-3d-stream	PDF U3D 3D stream at offset 0x28BF	28021 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact entropy is 7.79, consistent with packed or encrypted content.

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