PDF malware analysis — malicious · 8e04a55b3da096a5

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.9 KB

MD5: 5cccd84f9eca99dc2ab54c4673dc8992 SHA-1: 200647c6d0f43a3036cdb2c9e1fd4c4f699029f9 SHA-256: 8e04a55b3da096a532643f4589968c873b707bebd9d9ef3a7abe9031f601b004

198 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, triggered by the 'collab.collectEmailInfo' function exploiting CVE-2007-5659. This JavaScript is further obfuscated and staged into multiple files ('legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js', 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js'), indicating a multi-stage download and execution process. The primary intent appears to be the execution of a second-stage payload, as suggested by the stager nature of the embedded scripts.

Heuristics 6

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-36064 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36064
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.
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` `a5c8f0f722df4dd9876a0087e1eee65bd3020c5995f94f6729f7e17f3f3677a0`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19D	331 bytes
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `e67571e55b89424ae023552f1e9f32f899b2fc29e7a3c83577e357546a04f42b`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F2	11989 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js` `a81a45e8f9ac1fdafa34c74e059ad0c9d1f69aeac5ee0e90dc56d96a1cbe71d1`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F2	5013 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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