PDF malware analysis — malicious · 8f4d7fbe1fb36d30

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.0 KB

MD5: db8f5be4c79a5b95fa0665498e68ee95 SHA-1: d4eb79014692f4fe62cac258159f0218969ea8c7 SHA-256: 8f4d7fbe1fb36d30a58415b13d498c60695c9e91b02d2d11bbf8e90971d34310

186 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that is obfuscated and designed to exploit CVE-2007-5659 using the `collab.collectEmailInfo` method. This JavaScript acts as a stager, likely downloading and executing a second-stage payload. The ClamAV detection `Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36063` further confirms its malicious nature. The presence of multiple deobfuscated JavaScript files indicates a complex execution 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-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` `90ca7a8f51a4fbaa8edf1589ac664c1ddc8c5d59f4b661ad569d1f350fce5313`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14A	5131 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` `35570de2c957501fcb1cbdfa77ef3936bf24f0a06715024f82a50c2850fb4f1a`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2D6	12183 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` `85da97f386609da7da0fc008b78e85173ad1279d09e7e8adcbfd7926497b9013`	deobfuscated-js	PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass	78212 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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