PDF malware analysis — malicious · 893cd1ac4c509fbf

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.2 KB

MD5: c918a86a4b6b27b8e5ebd516f92d76bf SHA-1: 6032850823a6a98af1926ce8a31ff62585a0ee22 SHA-256: 893cd1ac4c509fbf76a443322a7a4b10d9a2eabfe8e51de6dbd607bf6b0d8ac5

186 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.002 Malicious Link/URL

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, identified by multiple heuristics including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS'. Critical heuristics like 'CVE_2007_5659' and 'PDF_ANNOT_SUBJECT_CALLEE_HEX_STAGER' indicate the use of a known exploit (CVE-2007-5659) to execute a JavaScript stager. This stager is heavily obfuscated and likely downloads and executes a second-stage payload. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36063' further confirms its malicious nature.

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-36063 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36063
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.
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_obj0007_000.js` `eb39e2de4dbbc100de6d3e30aa43ff78fa075618862ba1ebba5151ea3a3b848d`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19D	273 bytes
`annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js` `a2633ba69aa3ff3d64d958d41e088bb6bbab7a653dba7133df3d4a524adac480`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14A	5254 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` `0f228881e4fa7a1ca00c1ebb19d8d94a77455705ec15168d12b60a50879a25a6`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2D6	12354 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` `00b93a880213ea17cdbbf30231a8626935617fdb656799540cf556b081dfa42e`	deobfuscated-js	PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass	78791 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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