PDF malware analysis — malicious · 502a471a54a42711

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.3 KB

MD5: 3922f753a6461cbaae4d3d0df266ee4e SHA-1: 76f935f31d4ce9392d9f76ea0f9e5c8b205c83e8 SHA-256: 502a471a54a42711a912d1dd8363780644b80575d980f455b453e4027bea7dcc

118 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link

The PDF exploits CVE-2007-5659 via a JavaScript stager embedded in an annotation's subject. The stager is heavily obfuscated but appears to be designed to download and execute a second-stage payload. The presence of JavaScript actions and embedded JS streams, along with the specific CVE firing, strongly indicates this malicious intent.

Heuristics 5

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)
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` `83c89bafa116d9c91eff0b9ebda502f5bf0baa04c36fa774c6ebc2756ba3479f`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A6	585 bytes
`annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js` `09157785eb7f5b9a8395952923163d525f2a18072af453c7398735224f2d6218`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14F	4887 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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