PDF malware analysis — malicious · 55ce6f2c1d9547e1

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.9 KB

MD5: 7e5fdbfb1e7c099b04e5d2bca7fd6b34 SHA-1: 1bfe90474da65689755f4c21f6e8fc00a60a9e9e SHA-256: 55ce6f2c1d9547e187ceaa85a250e06f358ae1fd9096313fdeec74cedd1291cf

200 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS. Critical heuristics point to the use of CVE-2007-5659 (Collab.collectEmailInfo) and a stager that uses percent-decoding and eval to launch JavaScript. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files suggests a complex execution chain. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature. The primary attack vector appears to be exploiting a PDF vulnerability to run arbitrary code.

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)
Annotation subject percent-decoding eval stager critical PDF_ANNOT_SUBJECT_MARKER_EVAL_STAGER

OpenAction JavaScript forces annotation enumeration, reads an annotation /Subject payload with getAnnots(), rewrites marker bytes into percent escapes, decodes it with unescape(), and dispatches it through eval. This is a high-confidence exploit-kit staging pattern. It is intentionally not mapped to CVE-2009-1492 unless getAnnots() itself carries the crafted integer or long argument shape for that vulnerability.
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062
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.
PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED

The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser exited 1. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0007_000.js` `068944f8c011a88ab770b45c6de142b9305a1f515d410204d5eadd9ac2b5bfb3`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19B	373 bytes
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `4e4261f91446b57fd0e8ab9ffc301970e80328e889cfee1ec41adb1f5d45a250`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5	12696 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js` `09f1825751ef7567c15d098e56fa0190ed7589f878b29fa861d89c79411f090f`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5	5240 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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