PDF malware analysis — malicious · 6e9b1578783a80ce

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.7 KB

MD5: 48cffe48febc22d0e592d2bff84c7a99 SHA-1: ccf81385f15a95cd7435b42ca28e4765265bd48c SHA-256: 6e9b1578783a80ce67a4a45ca9c71cfeda6d8c26747c87c8a9fad35ed44ab45d

278 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that exploits CVE-2007-5659, specifically targeting Adobe Reader versions between 7.1 and 8.11. The script decodes a payload and uses the 'syncAnnotScan' and 'getAnnots' functions to retrieve it. This payload includes a URL that likely serves as a download location for a second-stage executable, indicated by the 'PDF_JS_SHELLCODE_DOWNLOAD_URL' heuristic.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 10

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)
Adobe Reader APSB08-13 patch-range version gate (CVE-2007-5659) high CVE likely PDF_JS_ADOBE_APSB08_13_PATCH_GATE

PDF JavaScript gates the exploit payload on (>= 8 && < 8.1.1) OR (< 7.1) — the Reader 7.0.x / 8.0–8.1.1 window patched by Adobe APSB08-13 for the CVE-2007-5659 Collab.collectEmailInfo buffer overflow. Only kits that target that exact bug check both of those patch points; benign scripts do not.
Generic recovered JavaScript exploit stage high PDF_GENERIC_STAGE_RECOVERY

Bounded static stage recovery exposed hidden JavaScript through generic transforms such as null-byte collapse, percent decoding, marker replacement, arithmetic character codes, fromCharCode, numeric arrays, numeric-array minus-key decoders, alphabet-index arrays, /Producer half-difference metadata arrays, hex literals, marker-stripped Base64 literals, custom 6-bit XOR table decoders, or repeated-marker hex carriers. This rule is emitted only when the recovered stage contains exploit-like Acrobat JavaScript or shellcode markers.
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.
PDF JavaScript shellcode contains an embedded download URL high PDF_JS_SHELLCODE_DOWNLOAD_URL

Decoded PDF JavaScript shellcode contains a hardcoded http(s) URL stored as little-endian %uXXXX Unicode escapes. Reader exploit shellcode embeds the second-stage fetch URL this way and pulls it down with a urlmon/URLDownloadToFile-style download-and-execute (commodity downloader behaviour rather than a specific Acrobat CVE).
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.
Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL

One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.

URL http://google.analytics.com.zelhnalbivd.info/kav/KAV3.exe/eH5517074cV03007f35002R55937b9c10aTf1d45f38Q00000000901801F002a000aJ11000601l0c0aK9c7a4c5b

Extracted artifacts 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0007_000.js` `9f17df95bc71874fe0f2dcb9f0e8f529cdb3604910d27079f2fbde52cabda2a8`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19B	256 bytes
`generic_stage_recovery_000.js` `6c29f58cd24a1c109c3171cedc5243aa6196e7e1029a40931b7f7192717d4139`	deobfuscated-js	generic stage recovery split-literal-normalize from JavaScript object 7 at offset 0x19B	246 bytes
`annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js` `6d2cfaf942fbae25ceacc902452f1486a83058196c551a6c11a0a8dce637efd0`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14A	5238 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` `10a34793ccf05a66dea021b9af1b21b5c58d39635a0a25327c9155fc99b87f9e`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2D0	12543 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` `a40d37547538f2a4596bedd6855fba3120a8f31af29464033a8388b10fb0d118`	deobfuscated-js	PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass	71437 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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