PDF malware analysis — malicious · 88ddf7ed6b31b1fb

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.6 KB

MD5: eabb022187a1c17015a15dbd571c7dd4 SHA-1: a401e884d25537686886a79477c735b670a20a72 SHA-256: 88ddf7ed6b31b1fbd03fe597130cd4ebcedfebf13ed85c58b9afbb4e8f99b509

186 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, specifically identified as a stager for CVE-2007-5659. The heuristic 'CVE_2007_5659: Collab.collectEmailInfo' indicates the exploitation of this vulnerability. The embedded JavaScript is heavily obfuscated but is designed to execute malicious code. The primary IOC is the function 'collab.collectEmailInfo' which is part of the exploit chain.

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)
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36088 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36088
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.
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)
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` `9fd87306e37a04c361ea1b68a1cf4474b7a018e2270929a8c382cd129d8fc406`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19C	566 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js` `fd35febf21196e6eae6d80d0c64963dd650778254010e4f2ac060381caff317a`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14A	5078 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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