PDF malware analysis — malicious · 53236b045aa84b84

MALICIOUS

PDF

8.1 KB

MD5: 112cebcb3a41db61291a2f382bdf58a7 SHA-1: 102636757668165642af558e91847bd45f47eb76 SHA-256: 53236b045aa84b843d52ab28d4865392059443cc696be5eafaf23d6c6e4e7c77

194 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File T1071.001 Web Protocols

The PDF document contains obfuscated JavaScript, identified as a multi-stage dropper. This script leverages the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability, specifically using the Collab.collectEmailInfo method to execute a decoded payload. The primary function of the script is to download and execute a second-stage payload from a remote source, indicated by the dropper functionality. The presence of multiple deobfuscated JavaScript files further supports the multi-stage nature of the attack.

Heuristics 8

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.Dropper.Agent-7212797-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7212797-0
Obfuscated multi-stage PDF JavaScript dropper high PDF_JS_OBFUSCATED_DROPPER

PDF JavaScript shows 3 independent signals of exploit-kit-style multi-stage obfuscation: annot_subject_stage, hex_dashed_payload, repeated_pluginschk. This is strongly consistent with pre-2011 Adobe Reader PDF droppers — OpenAction JS reads encoded data from annotation subjects, decodes it through one or more hex / base-N loops, and invokes eval indirectly (method name built one character at a time). The actual CVE is hidden in the final decoded layer and is not visible via static analysis.
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.
String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE

String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
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_obj0005_000.js` `9d5c7e01faed5b04e9ec11f1d98b73f0012c871beaf60e9f9d32ad6df00d46f7`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 5 at offset 0x148	550 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `e9624d8a390f82e604770dc62917ace4476397554464f10617edc158d4a46577`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x1B30	1878 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js` `d2f91f2f10c335729bddf9ca820e1b17b1dd870d5a5811d67ea597edeeb0819b`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x359	5098 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`deobfuscated.js` `523a90fc3f4379a77dec6c8696068cd7ce8f3dd96df4d0cb31a9e451d4c7b145`	deobfuscated-js	PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass	20502 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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